News Item Text

Objectives
In this section, you will learn how to:

• identify factual information in news item texts;
• identify the structure of news item texts

Definition of News Item
News item is a text which informs readers, listeners, or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Anecdote Text

In this section, you will learn how to:

• Read anecdote text.
• identify the structure of anecdote texts;

Definition and Social Function of Anecdote
Anecdote is a text which retells funny and unusual incidents in fact or imagination. Its social function is to entertain the readers.

Spoof Text

In this section, you will learn how to:
    • Comprehend a spoof text.
    • Identify the structure of spoof texts;

Definition and Social Function of Spoof

A funny story is always interesting. It really amuses readers. This amusement is actually the main function of a spoof text.
Spoof text is a text which tells a factual story, happened in the past time with  an unpredictable and  a funny ending. Its social function is to entertain and share the story.

Review Text

In this section, you will learn how to:
     • understand the structure of review texts;

In general, A review is an evaluation of a publication, such as a movie (a movie review), video game, musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert,a play, musical theater show or dance show.
In a correlation of a text type, review is a type of text which expresses a critic and an appreciation to  an art work. Review text can analyse a description, research, opinion, comparative opinion or suggestion. It means that the way of its explanation is similar  to what description, report, explanation, exposition,or discussion text does when its content reveals a creation or invention.

Discussion Text

In this section, you will learn how to:
     • Read discussion texts and identify meaning in a discussion texts;
     • Identify the structure of discussion texts;
Definition of Discussion

Discussion is a text which presents a problematic discourse. This problem will be discussed from different viewpoints. Discussion is commonly found in philosophical, historic, and social text.

Procedure Text

In this section, you will learn how to:

• identify meaning and information in a procedure texts;
• identify the structure of a procedure text;
• read a monologue in the form of procedure text.

Definition of Procedure.
Procedure is a text that show a process in order. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of series.

Hortatory Exposition Text

In this section, you will learn how to:
   • Read a hortatory exposition text;
   • Identify the structure of a hortatory exposition text;

Hortatory text is one of text types of argumentative genres which has function to persuade readers. Since it is one type of argumentative passages, it is very similar to analytical exposition. Both hortatory and analytical exposition state thesis as the introduction. Both present argumentation to support the stated thesis. However hortatory exposition make the argumentation into a higher level. It is closed by certain recommendation and makes hortatory exposition differs from analytical exposition.

Analytical Exposition Text

In this section, you will learn how to:
     • Read and study an analytical exposition;
     • Identify the structure of analytical exposition;

Exposition is a text that elaborates the writer‘s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social function is to persuade the reader or listener that something is the case or the idea is an important matter.

Explanation Text

In this part of the text, you will learn how to:
    • Identify the structure of explanation texts;
    • Read and understand explanation texts;.

Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. Explanation text is to say 'why' and 'how' about the forming of the phenomena. It is often found in science, geography and history text books.

Report Text

In this part of the text, you will learn how to:
   • Identify the structure of Report texts;
   • Read and understand Report texts.

Descriptive Text

In this part of the text, you will learn how to:
    • Read and understand descriptive texts.
    • Identify the structure of descriptive texts;

Recount Text

In this part of the text, you will learn how to:
   • Read and understand recount texts.
   • Identify the structure of recount texts;

Narative Text

In this part of the text, you will learn how to:
• identify the structure of narrative texts;
• read and understand narrative texts.