PROCEDURE TEXT.

 

I. Definition

Procedure Text is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps.

II. Social Function 

to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of steps.

III. Generic Structure of Procedure Text

# Goal : (e.g. : How to make spaghetti)
# Material or Ingredient : (e.g. : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. )
# Step : (e.g. : first, wash the tomatoes, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice ….)

IV. Purpose of Procedure Text

– To explain / tell (the reader) how to make / operate / do something through a sequence of actions or steps.
– To explain steps / instruction to make / operate / do something