1. Social Function The social function of recounts was to retell events for the purpose of
informing or entertaining. It reconstructed past events in time order in which it occurred. Some of it assessed the significance, other recounts responded
emotively, and others assessed aspects of events critically.
2. Generic Structure Recounts usually had their basic structure that was orientation, events, and
reorientation. Orientation provided the setting and introduced participants. Events told what happen, in what sequence.
3. Lexicogrammatical Features Recounts focused on specific participants, used past tense and material
processes. It used circumstances of time and place.
b. Narrative
There are three major elements of narrative. Those are social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features.
1. Social Function The social function of narratives was to amuse, entertain, and deal with
actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narratives dealt with problematic PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
events which led to a crisis or turning point of some kind which in turn finds a resolution.
2. Generic Structure The generic structure of narratives was orientation, evaluation,
complication, resolution, and sometimes reorientation.
3. Lexicogrammatical Features Narratives focused on specific and usually individualized participants. It
used material processes, behavior and verbal processes, and also relational and mental processes. It usually used temporal conjunctions and temporal
circumstances and also used past tense as its tense.
c. Procedure
There are three major elements of procedure. Those are social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features.
1. Social Function The social function of procedures was to describe how something was
accomplished through a sequence of actions of steps. 2. Generic Structure
The generic structure of procedures was goal, materials, and steps. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
3. Lexicogrammatical Features Procedures usually used simple present tense, temporal conjunctions, and
material processes on writing a procedure. It focused on generalized human agents.
d. Descriptive
There are three major elements of descriptive. Those are social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features.
1. Social Function The social function of a descriptive was to describe a particular person,
place, or thing.
2. Generic Structure Descriptive had identification and description as its generic structure.
Identification identified phenomenon to be described. Description described parts, qualities, and characteristics.
3. Lexicogrammatical Features In writing a descriptive text, we usually use simple present tense, attribute
and identifying processes, and also epithets and classifiers in nominal groups. It focuses on specific participants.
e. News Item
There are three major elements of news item. Those are social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features.
1. Social Function The social function of news items was to inform readers, listeners, or
viewers about events of the day which were considered newsworthy or important.
2. Generic Structure The generic structure of news item was newsworthy events which
recounted the event in summary form, background events which elaborated what happened, and sources which were commented by participants in, witnesses to,
and authorities’ expert on the event.
3. Lexicogrammatical Features When we wrote a news item, we usually used short, telegraphic
information about story captured in headline and also we used material processes to retell the event and projecting verbal processes in source stage. It focused on
circumstances.
f. Report
There are three major elements of report. Those are social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features.
