REPORT TEXT

Report text is a text to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural,
man made, and social phenomena in our environment to describe
something in general!"
#t focuses on generic participants"
The structure of a report text consist of$
% &eneral 'lassification tells what the phenomenon under discussion is!"
% (escription tells what the phenomenon under discussion is li)e in terms of parts,
*ualities, habits or behavior!"
Example$
+T,
&eneral 'lassification +n +utomatic Teller ,achine +T,! is a machine permitting a
ban)-s customer to ma)e cash withdrawals at any time and
without a human teller"
(escription +T, have a wide variety names, such as$ +utomatic Teller
,achine, +utomatic .an)ing ,achine, /ole in the 0all, 'ash
(ispenser, and some other names"
+T,s allow people to deposit cash or chec)s, chec) their
account balances, transfers money between their ban) accounts
and many others"
#n modern +T,s, customers authenticate themselves by using a
plastic card with a magnetic stripe" #t encodes the customer-s
account number" .y entering a pass code called P#1 Personal
#dentification 1umber!, a customer can ma)e withdrawals" #f the
customer enters it incorrectly several times in row, most +T,s
will retain the card as a security precaution"
,ost +T,s are connected in inter ban) networ)s" #t enables the
customers to withdraw in places where their ban) has no
branches" .esides, it is also possible to withdraw local currency
in a foreign country" ,any ban)s charge a fee the use of their
+T,s by non%depositors" 1ow days, many ban)s place +T,s in
grocery stores, shopping malls, and other location"
2#3/
&eneral 'lassification 2ishes are animals that live in water"
(escription 2ish have fins that help them to swim" ,ost fish have slimy s)ins
covered with scales which are very small and can hardly be
seen"
2ish breathe through gills" These loo) li)e a comb and lie on
each side of the head" 2ish ta)e in water all the time" The water
flows in through the mouth, over the gills, and out through the
sides of the head" 0hen a fish ta)es in water, it is not drin)ing
but breathing and the gills absorb oxygen from the water"
The body of a fish is made up of the head, the trun), and the tail
fins"
There are many different )inds of fish which have many different
shapes and colors" 3ome fishes are long and thin, while others
are flat and rounded" ,ost fish have bodies which are broad at
the trun) region and narrow towards the head and tail"