Name : Indah Kurnia

Class : XI-Science 4
No.Absen : 30

SMA NEGERI 19 SURABAYA

Tahun Ajaran 2012-2013
 Social function : to describe a particular person, place, or think
Generic structure :
Identification : is the part of the paragraph that introduces the character.
Description : is the part of the paragraph that describes the character.
Example :

Bongo The Orangutan

Identification:

There is an orangutan in the bandung zoo. People call her bongo. She comes from a dense forest
on the island of Kalimantan.

Description:

She has physical features similar to a human. Bongo has a brownish fur, and walks with two feet.
Bongo is almost as big as a human. She is a mammal, that means she gives birth to her children and
breast feeds them.

Social function : to retell event, inform or intertain someone

Generic structure :
Orientation : telling a reader who was involved, where the event took place and when it
happened.
Events : describing the sequence of events in some sort of order.
Re-orientation : optional a closing statement.
Example :

Holiday

Orientation:

On Saturday, I went to bandung. I decide to go there because my friend, Mela, asked me to

spend three days there. I stayed at Melas house at Dago.

Event 1:

On Saturday we went to Curug Dago, its located in the north of Bandung. It took 45 minutes
from the governors office Gedung Sate. Curug Dago is beautiful waterfall. We had to walk down on the
step road for about 1 kilometer. Event though we were tired, we felt exited. Then on the small brige we
saw the waterfall.

Event 2:

On Monday we went to factory outlet. I bought many shirts and shoes for my family. In the
evening I went home. Mela took me ton the railway station.

Re-orientation:

I really enjoy my holiday because it was fun experience.

Social function : to entertain, amouse and deal with the actual experience in different ways.
Narrative deal with problematic event which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind which
turn finds a resolution.
Generic structure :
Orientation : sets the scene and introduce the participants
Complication : a crisis arises
Resolution : the crisis resolved
Re-orientation : optional closing
Narrative text type : fable, fairy tales, historical stories, folktale, myth, and etc.
Example :

Mantus Little Elephant

Orientation:

Little mantu lived in a village deep in the jungle, where elephants helped the men with their
work. These elephants were so big and strong. They coulf lift up the heaviest logs with their trunks and
toss them high in the air.

Complication:

Now, mantu had an elephant of his very own. His name was opie. He was just a baby and mantu
loved him very much. Mantu wishpered opies ear that someday he would become the biggest,
strongest and bravest elephant in the jungle. The other elephants heard this, they began to lough and
made rude noises with their trunks. were so big and tall, but youre so small, nothing at all, said one
ofv the big elephants. Mantu looked up at the huge elephant with a mishievous glint in his eye. youre
so tall and can see far away. We can see what is happening down here in the jungle. In fact, we would be
the first to see any slithering snakes that maybe a danger after hearing the word snakes, the elephants
screeched and off they gwents thundering in fright.
Resolution:

did I say there were snakes? giggled mantu. no, I dont think so, smiled opie. Mantu then
climbed upon his little friends back and went home to the village to tell everyone about the foolish
elephants.

Social function : to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-mad,
and social phenomenon in our invironment
Generic structure :
The general classification : tells what the phenomena under discussion are.
Description : tells the phenomena is like in the terms of parts of their function,
quakities, habits, or behavior .
Example :

Whales

General classification:

Whales are sea living mammals.

Description:

They therefore breathe air with their lungs but cannot survive on land, some species are very
large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30m in light, is the largest animal to have lived on
earth. Superficially, the whalelooks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external
structure, its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles and its has a single nostril on top of
its large, broad haed. The skin is smooth nd shiny and beneath it lays a layer of fat (blubber). This is up
to 30m in thickness and serves to conserves heat and body fluids.

Social function : used to persuade the reader or listener thet something is in case or there is a
case to concern and pay attention to.
Generic structure :
a. Thesis
Position : introduce topic and indicate the writer position.
Preview : outlines the main arguments to be presented.
b. Arguments
 Points : restates main arguments outlines in previews and give reason to support the
thesis.
Elaboration : develops and support each poin argument.
c. Reiteration : used restate the writers position
d. Linguistic features
General noun, such as: computer, mobile phone, cigarette, etc
Abstract noun, such policy, government
Technical terms, such as: spesies of animals.
o Using present tense
o Relation verbs
o Action verb
o Linking verb
o Modal verb
o Connectives
o Evaluative words: important, valuable
Example :

Recycling is Important to be Done

It promotes a clean and healty environment to live in. the rubbish we throw away every day creates
waste. Recycling means that there is less rubbish, which makes our environment cleaner and
healthier. (argument 1)

Baside, recycling saves raw materials. The more we recycle the raw materials we need. (argument 2)

It can help to saves raw materials. It can help to save wild places and the animals that live in them.
Recycling paper, for example, means that fewer timber forest are needed. (argument 3)

Based on the reason outlined above, it is clear that recycling is really important to be done.
(argument 4)