Report Text is a text which has the function to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment.
Text Structure
- Opening Structure
May include short description of the subject
May include definition
May include classification
- Paragraphs
Each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject.
Begins with a topic or a preview sentence
Focus is on facts not opinion
- Conclusion
Summarizes the information presented
Does not include any new information.
Language features (grammar)
- Using general nouns (elephants, snakes, etc), technical terms.
- Formal and impersonal language (avoiding first and second pronoun like I, you, instead using third pronoun like it, they)
- Use timeless, present tense, e.g. Adelaide is popular with international students.
- Many “being” and “having” verbs.
Example of Report Text
Goannas
Australia is home to 25 of the world’s 30 monitor lizard species. In Australia, monitor lizards are called goannas.
Goannas have flattish bodies, long tails and strong jaws. They are the only lizards with forked tongues, like a snake. Their necks are long and may have loose folds of skin beneath them. Their legs are long and strong, with sharp claws on their feet. Many goannas have stripes, spots and other markings that help to camouflage them. The largest species can grow to more than two metres in length.
All goannas are daytime hunters. They run, climb and swim well. Goannas hunt small mammals, birds and other reptiles. They also eat dead animals. Smaller goannas eat insects, spiders and worms.
Male goannas fight with each other in the breeding season. Females lay between two and twelve eggs.
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