ESSAY 1. The language features found in the text.
a. Adjectives: simple, unique, friendly booking the hotel is simple, it is uniquedifferent from the others, and the people serving are friendly
b. Imperative: enjoy year end package please enjoy the package offered which is 2. Memo
To: Julia Wong, Human Resources From: K. K. Wong, Sales
Date: 30 December 2012 Subject: Sick leave certificate
Message I was sick yesterday and therefore I couldn’t come to work. In order to receive sick
pay, I need to send my doctor’s note. I attach the doctor’s note. Please confirm that the cost of the medicine is covered by the company health scheme.
Thank you
3. Invitation letter
Mr. Kausik Goswami Senior Marketing Manager
Simplex Technologies Ltd Kolkata Division
Kolkata 10
th
October 2010 Subject: Invitation for a house warming party, on 20 October 2010
Dear Sir, This is to invite you to my house warming party at my new apartment on Wednesday,
20
th
of October 2010. In the morning at around 8 AM, a home-blessing ritual will start which is expected to be over by noon.
Thereafter arrangements for lunch have been made in the premises of the apartment itself. It will be an honor if you could make out some time from your busy schedule to
grace the occasion.
We eagerly look forward to your presence on the occasion. We have made arrangement for pick-up and drop-off service for you and rest of the guests and hope
there will be no trouble in finding the address. We sincerely hope you will find time to grace the occasion.
Thanks and regards, Ramanand. S
Ramanand Sagar
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4. The expressions used in invitation letter.
1. d 2. g
3. e 4. c
5. a 6. b
7. f
5. This is an example of an announcement. It announces the birth of Kate and Robert’s
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CHAPTER 4 LONG FUNCTIONAL TEXT
Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum.
4.1. Introduction The term “long” functional text is rarely used in communication. This chapter uses
the term “long” functional text only to make the counterpart of the previous term, i.e. short functional text. In daily speech, there are many types of functional texts, not only in the
forms of short functional texts such as prohibition, invitation, greeting cards, short message, etc., but also in the forms of long functional texts or essays. Essay writings are
meant to help readers accomplish an everyday task and form culturally text-types or genres. A text forms a piece of language use or a record of a communicative act, or the so
called ‘language which is functional’ Halliday and Hasan, 1985. In general, texts which have the same sorts of meaning andor the same structural elements are said to be the
same text type.
Long functional texts are so called due not only to the length in the writing, but also the process of the interpreting which requires specific recognition of their structures and
situation. A text will be meaningless if it is taken apart from its structure and situation. Long functional texts are also classified on the basis of the intention of the communicator.
Based on its communicative purposes, text varies in the course of its function, generic structure, language feature, and vocabularies. To communicate purpose, ones may
construct texts in specific structures and use certain linguistic features in conjunction with particular vocabularies.
4.2. The Types of Long Functional Text This chapter presents 13 types of text including Narrative, Recount, Descriptive,
Procedure, Report, Anecdote, Hortatory, Spoof, Explanation, Discussion, News Item text, Review, and Analytical Exposition text. The discussion on each text covers the functional
structure of the text, examples, and exercises. The following is the elaboration of each text.
4.2.1. Narrative Text
a. Social Function
Narrative text is a kind of story or event narrated or retold in spoken or written of which social function is to entertain its readers. It may cover legends, fables,
stories of man vs. animal, love stories, or other folktales. Narrative text—often written based on life experience—will tell the story in a amusing way and provides an
esthetic literary experience to its readers. In the literary term, experience is what people do, feel, hear, read, even what they dream.
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