PROCEDURE TEXT
DEFINITION: Procedure
Text is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved
through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how people perform
different processes in a sequence of steps.
This text uses simple present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.
THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF PROCEDURE TEXT
> Goal: Something to achieve (the title/an introductory paragraph)
> Material : Things needed to achieve the goal.
> Step : Activities to achieve the goal.
As time introduces, especially in written text :
before...
after...
when...
While...
Until...
During...
FOR EXAMPLE:
How to make puzzle
Materials: A piece of paper, scissor, pencil, crayon.
This text uses simple present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.
THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF PROCEDURE TEXT
> Goal: Something to achieve (the title/an introductory paragraph)
> Material : Things needed to achieve the goal.
> Step : Activities to achieve the goal.
As time introduces, especially in written text :
before...
after...
when...
While...
Until...
During...
FOR EXAMPLE:
How to make puzzle
Materials: A piece of paper, scissor, pencil, crayon.
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step 1 |
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step 2 |
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step 3 |
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step 4 |
Step:
1. First, draw anything on paper
2. Second, color your picture with crayon
3. After that, draw line behind the paper
4. And then cut the paper same as the line
1. First, draw anything on paper
2. Second, color your picture with crayon
3. After that, draw line behind the paper
4. And then cut the paper same as the line