Procedure Text

A.  Definition of Procedure Text

A Procedure is a piece of text that gives us instructions for doing something through a sequence of actions or steps.

B.  Purpose :

To describes how something is done through a sequence of the order or steps. Procedure helps us do a task or make something.

C. Some Examples of Procedure Texts :

a. Recipes

b. Instruction Manuals

c. Direction

d. Itineraries

D. Generic structure :

a. Goal/title (the final purpose of doing the instruction)

b. Material and equipment needed (ingredients, utensils, equipment     to do the  instruction)

c. Steps (a set of instructions to achieve the final purpose)

E. Language features :

·      Use of simple present tense, often imperative

     e.g.: (cut, don’t mix, etc)

·      Use of action verbs

     e.g.: (put, mix, etc)

·      Use mainly of temporal conjunctions (or numbering to indicate sequence)