Procedure Text

The Definition of Procedure Text:

    Procedure text is a text that explains or helps us how to make or use something. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of steps.

 

The Generic Structure of Procedure Text:

·       Goal                              : (e.g. : How to make fried rice)

·       Material or Ingredient : (e.g. : the material to cook fried rice are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. )

·       Step                              : (e.g. : first, wash the garlic, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice ….)

Purpose of Procedure Text

·       To explain / tell (the reader) how to make / operate / do something through a sequence of actions or steps.

·       To explain steps / instruction to make / operate / do something

Language Feature of Procedure Text

·       Use adverbial of sequence / Using temporal conjunction (e.g. : first, second, third, the last)

·       Use command / imperative sentence (e.g. : put the noodles on the …., cut the onion …, wash the tomatoes ….,)

·       Using adverbials (Adverbs) to express detail the time, place, manner accurate, for example, for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.

·       Using action verbs, e.g. : make, take, boil, cook

·       Using Simple Present Tense