Genre in English

		GENRE	SOCIAL FUNCTION	GENERIC STRUCTURE	TENSES	Tambahan
N A R R A T I V E		Narrative	1. to entertain the reader 2. to amuse the reader	1. Orientation 2. Complication 3. Resolution 4. Re-orientation	SIMPLE PAST TENSE	teks biasanya berbentuk berita/dongeng
		Recount	To retell the event for the purpose of informing or entertaining	1. Orientation 2. Events 3. Re-orientation		Dalam teks biasanya terdapat kata / atau WE
		News Item	To inform the readers, listeners or viewer about events of the day which are important.	1. Newsworthy Event 2. Background Event 3. Source		Dalam paragraph 1 biasanya terdapat nama tempat
D E S C R I P T I O N		Descriptive	To describe to a particular person place or thing.	1. Identification 2. Description	S I M P L E P R E S E N T T E N S E	Teks menggambarkan benda, orang, hewan/ tempat secara khusus
		Report	To describe the way things are, with references to a range of natural man made & social phenomena in our environment	1. General Classification 2. Description		Teks menyampaiakn informasi secara umum
		Explanation	1. to explain how something work or happen 2. to explain the process…	1. General Statement 2. Explanation 3. Closing		Menceritakan tentang proses bagaimana sesuatu terjadi/ dibuat
A R G U M E N T A T I O N		Discusstion	To present (at least) 2 point or view about an issue	1. Issue 2. Argument for & against 3. Conclusion or recommendation		Merupakan suatu diskusi menggunakan costrative conjuction, example : but, on the other side/ hand, dll
		Analytical Exposition	To persuade the reader that something is a case & the case must be concerned	1. Thesis 2. Argument 3. Reiteration		Dalam teks di awal alinea biasanya terdapat adverb : firstly, secondly, than, dll
		Hortatory Exposition for the complate document you can download at this link : http://www.ziddu.com/download/5518725/genre.doc.html	To persuade the reader that something should be or should not be the case	1. Thesis 2. Argument 3. Recomendation		Teks berisi bahwa sesuatu harus berjalan seperti seharusnya (positif) atau tidak seperti seharusnya (negative)