Memahami Procedure Text

PROCEDURE TEXT

Procedure Text is a piece of text that give us instructions for doing something that corresponds to the step by step or the correct order.

Important thing that must be understood beside definition in Procedure Text there are characteristics. The following are the characteristisc of  Procedure Text :

Ø  The Characteristics of Procedure Text :

·         Using Simple Present Tense

·         Using an imperative form

·         Using action verb (material process), for examples: take, put, cut, pour, etc.

·         Using mainly of temporal conjunction (connectives), for examples to indicate sequence especially in spoken text  like First . . . or  firstly . . . , Second . . . or  secondly . . .  , and to indicate sequence in written text such as:  then . . . , after  that . . . , etc.

The Procedure Text also has a general structure scheme. Teh following are the generic stucture of Procedure Text :

Ø  Generic Stucture of Procedure Text :

·         Goal / aim    :     about what is the purpose which we want to do.

-       This may be the title of the text.

-       This may be an introductory paragraph.

·         Materials     :     about materials or utensils needed for completing the   procedure.

-       This may be a list.

-       This may be a paragraph.

-    This step may be left out in some procedure. It is only optional, not for all procedural texts.

·         Steps           :     a series steps oriented to achieve the aim / goal.

-        Number or time words (first, second, now, next, then, after this, etc) can be to show the sequence.

-    Usually the steps begin with an imperative (Verb 1) such as prepare, cook, add, mix, insert, etc