Report Text (Concept - Example)

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Explanation

Social Function	To describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment.
Generic Structure	General Classification: tells what the phenomenon under discussion is. Description: tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in term of (1) parts, (2) qualities, (3) habits or behaviors, if living; uses, if non-natural.
Significant Lexicogrammatical Features	Focus on Generic Participants. Use of Relational Processes to state what is and that which it is. Use of Simple Present Tense (unless extinct) No temporal sequence.

Example

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Kangaroo

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.

Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front pf her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.

Taken from: Peter Haddock Ltd. Ref. 083