Procedure Text Part 4

Name : Hanifah Az Zahra

Class : XII IPS 2

Definition of Procedure Text

Procedure text is text designed to describe how something is done/achieved through a sequence of actions or steps

Purpose of Procedure Text

To explain the reader how to make/operate/do something through a sequence of action or steps

Procedure Text Forming Elements

1.       Social Function : To describe a command or instruction on how something is done/achieved in the correct steps

2.       Structure Text : Consist of goal, material/ingredients, and step

3.      Language Features : Consist of present tense, imperative sentence, action verb, adverb and temporal conjunction

Type of Procedure Text

1.    Recipe procedure text 

2.    Manual procedure text 

3.  Tutorial procedure text

4.  Record a scientific investigation

5.  Give instruction

Language Features

Ø  Temporal conjunctions is like signposts to indicate to the reader the order and flow of the writer's ideas. They help carrying over a thought from one sentence to another, from one paragraph to another, of from one idea to another. E.g: second, after, at first, at once, before, finally, just, next, now, now that, since, then

Ø  Imperative sentence is a sentence that is used to make a command, request, or instruction. E.g: Wash the tomatoes, cut the carrot, press the button, etc

Ø  Adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective or other adverb. An adverb usually consists of an adjective + ly. E.g: Gently, usually, slowly, suddenly, strongly, etc

Ø  Action verbs or dynamic verbs are verbs to express that the subject is performing an action or to state that something is happening. E.g: Make, take, boil, cook, push, press, etc

Ø  Simple present tense is a verb tense used to talk about conditions or actions happening right now or habitual actions and occurrences. E.g: Press locking catch, put the battery, rinse a cup of rice in cold water, etc

Ø  Numbering

Ø  Must and mustn’t. Must is used to express that we have to do something important, e.g. : You must press the on button to start the machine. Mustn't is used to express that we are forbidden to do something, e.g. You musn't refill the ink before it runs out.

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Activity 3

Write a procedure text: HOW TO USE in your blog!

Complete your article with the explanation, pictures and video!

How to Use External Hard Drive

External hard drive is a portable storage device that can be attached to a computer wirelessly, through a USB FireWire connection. External hard drive useful to back up your files. So, here it is how to use external hard drive in easier way, follow the steps below :

1.       Add an external hard drive to computer

2.       Open file explorer by press Win + E for the simple way

3.       If you want to move the folders, you can press Ctrl + X to cut them

4.    Click your external hard drive from the left action panel to access the external hard drive and press Ctrl + V to paste the folders and files.

Explanation :

This text serves to inform the reader about how to use an external hard drive in an easier way because it is told in a systematic way or in stages. For more complete explanation about external hard drive is, that external hard drive is a portable storage device that can be attached to a computer wirelessly, or through a USB FireWire connection. External hard drive useful to back up your files and programs. After system crashes, you can easily connect the external hard drive to another computer so that you can recover important data. External hard drive can store much larger data than a USB flash drive. It helps a lot if you are found of videos or audios, whichtake up a large amount of disk space.

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