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Fungsi Teks/ Social Function

To describe the way things are, with reference to arrange or natural, man made and social phenomena in our environment.

(menggambarkan/ melaporkan suatu fenomena alam/ ilmu pengetahuan, karya manusia atau fenomena sosial di lingkungan sekitar)

Bagian-Bagian Teks/ Schematic Structures

1. General classification; gambaran umum yang dibahas.
2. Description; penjelasan secara rinci

 Ciri-Ciri Teks/ Linguistic Features

1. Menggunakan Present tense
2. Menggunakan having dan being clause

Contoh Teks:

ANIMALS AND PLANTS

            The animals and plants of Indonesia are divided roughly into two groups by an imaginary line (called Wallace line after the naturalist who established it), which runs north-south between Kalimantan and Sulawesi. West of this line the plants and the animals are much like those of the South east Asia. There are dense tropical rain forest, vast number of palm and banana trees , and a great many varieties of wild flowers. Among the animals in the region are the Orangutan (the words comes from the Indonesia orang hutan, or “man from the woods”), the tiger, the wild buffalo, and very rarely now – the elephant and the rhinoceros. Another animal found here is the mouse deer (kancil), a tiny creature whose legendary cleverness at out witting larger enemies has made it the hero of Indonesian folktales.

            East of the Wallace Line animal life is much like that of Australia. Some more unusual creatures include the kangaroo and the brilliantly feathered bird of paradise. The reason for the sharp difference in natural life is probably the fact that the western island of Indonesia, which lie in shallow waters, were once a part of mainland Asia. But the eastern island, which are surrounded by deep seas, were always separated from continent, and therefore did not develop the same type of wildlife.

For many years people believed that the cleverest animals after man were the chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proof that dolphins may be even cleverer than these big apes.

Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It is a mammal. It is in many ways, therefore, like a human being.

Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy because dolphins cannot hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins can understand.

Dolphins are also very friendly toward man. They often follow ships. There are many stories about dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous waters.