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by : BTF
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
PROCEDURE TEXT
11:15 AM | 
Posted by
schiroku
Definition
Procedure is used to inform and to direct someone on how to do or make something, or how to achieve a goal a very important genre in a society because it enables people to get things done Is commonly used in the oral and written mode Examples: recipes, games rules, appliance manuals, directions to reach a destination, instructions to do something.
Generic Structure :
Language features of procedure :
language features of procedure generalized participants (things/objects) the reader or the person following the instructions is referred to in a general way (one/you) or is not mentioned (pour the boiling water into a bowl) temporal sequence/adverbial of time (first, at the beginning, then, next, finally) simple present tense (i.e. imperatives) action verbs/material processes (go, hold, take, spread).
Example of spoof text "How to make Popcorn crunch" : download here
Procedure is used to inform and to direct someone on how to do or make something, or how to achieve a goal a very important genre in a society because it enables people to get things done Is commonly used in the oral and written mode Examples: recipes, games rules, appliance manuals, directions to reach a destination, instructions to do something.
Generic Structure :
- goal :purpose of doing something
- materials : things needed to realize goal
- steps : things to do to realize goal
Language features of procedure :
language features of procedure generalized participants (things/objects) the reader or the person following the instructions is referred to in a general way (one/you) or is not mentioned (pour the boiling water into a bowl) temporal sequence/adverbial of time (first, at the beginning, then, next, finally) simple present tense (i.e. imperatives) action verbs/material processes (go, hold, take, spread).
Example of spoof text "How to make Popcorn crunch" : download here
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