PROCEDURE TEXT
Ada tiga
definisi "umum" mengenai procedure text :
(1)Texts that explain how something works or
how to use instruction / operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the
computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.
(2) Texts
that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games,
science experiments, road safety rules.
(3) Texts
that deal with human behaviour eg how to live happily, how to succeed.
The purpose
procedural text is to tell the reader how to do or make something. The
information is presented in a logical sequence of events which is broken up
into small sequenced steps. These texts are usually written in the present
tense. The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.
Generic Structure of procedure text:
1.Goal Section:showing the purpose
2.Material text: Telling the needed materials
3.Step 1-end Guide:Describing the steps to achieve the purpose
Language Feature of Procedure
- Using temporal conjunction
- Using action verb
- Using imperative sentence
- Using simple present tense
NASI GORENG "FRIED RICE"
Nasi goreng, "fried rice"
is a familiar food from Indonesia; if you want to know how to prepare nasi
goreng this is the procedure how to make nasi goreng. Just follow
this explanation :
Ingredients:
- 350 gr. Long Grain Rice
- 2 Tbs. Vegetable Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Onion
- 2 Green Chillis, Sambal Ulek or Sambal Badjak.
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 1 Leek
- 1 teaspoon Ground Coriander
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
- 250 gr. Chicken meat
- 250 gr. Shelled Prawns
- 3 Tbs. Kecap Manis
Steps :
This dish is best made from cold
leftover rice, but you can cook a fresh batch and leave it to cool for at least
4 hours. Beat the eggs and make into a omelette, slice into strips and set
aside. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add the chopped onion, leek,
garlic and chillis. Fry until the onion is soft. Add the Coriander and Cumin.
Slice Chicken into strips and add with the prawns to the onion mixture and
cook, stirring occasionally until they are well mixed. Add the rice, soya sauce
and omelet strips and cook for a further 5 minutes.Decorate with some of the
leftover leek and serve hot. Enjoy.
