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LEARNING MATERIALS
DEFINITION OF INFORMATION REPORT TEXT
Information report text is a text that presents factual information to inform the reader
about a specific topic. The examples of information reports may be found in,
encyclopedia, reference books, technical texts, social studies books, science books,
magazines, and even internet websites.
THE PURPOSE OF INFORMATION REPORT TEXT
The social function of information report text is to provide facts about a living or non-
living object. It can be an individual object or a group of objects
EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION TEXT
Categorizing
Comparison to other species
Breakdown of
species
Third person perspective
Use of verbs
and nouns
Topic sentence
Simple Present Tense
Use of facts to
raise awareness
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