PROCEDURE TEXT : DEFINITION, GENERIC
STRUCTURE, AND EXAMPLE
The Definition Of Procedure Text is a text that is designed to describe how
something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how
people perform different processes in a sequence of steps. This text uses simple
present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction
such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.
The generic structures of procedure text are :
· Goal/aim ( or title)
· Materials (not required for all procedural texts)
· Steps (the actions that must be taken)
Other definition:
A procedure is a specified series of actions or operations which have to be
executed in the same manner in order to always obtain the same result under the
same circumstances (for example, emergency procedures). Less precisely
speaking, this word can indicate a sequence of tasks, steps, decisions, calculations
and processes, that when undertaken in the sequence laid down produces the
described result, product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a change. It is in
the scientific method.
Language Features of Procedure Text
In the Procedure Text, we use
· SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE. And:
· Use of imperatives (e.g.: cut, don’t mix)
· Use of action verbs (e.g.: turn, put, mix)
· Use of connectives (e.g. : first, then, finally, …)
· Use of adverbial phrases (e.g. : for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)
Generic Structure of Procedure
1. Goal : It is containt the purpose of the text. (e.g : How to make spagheti)
2. Material or Ingredient : it is containt of the materials that used in the process. (e.g :
the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc)
3. Step : it is containt of the steps to make something in the goal. (e.g : first, wash the
tomatoes, onion, ...., second cut the onions becomes slice. . . )
Purpose of a Procedure Text
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
A particular course of action intended to achieve a result. Or To help us do a task
or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions
The example of Procedure Text :
How To Make Fruit Ice
Materials :
Ø Mango
Ø Avocado
Ø Sugar water
Ø Milk
Ø Ice
Ø Apple
Ø Strawberries
Ø Wine
Ø Jackfruit
Steps :
Ø First, Cut the fruit round or dice.
Ø Then, Scratching the flesh of a melon.
Ø Then, Boil sugar with water until cooked for about 30 minutes.
Ø Next, Put in serving glasses that have been cut round pieces or dice.
Ø Then, to taste Pour the sugar water, put ice cubes and put milk on ice fruit.
Ø Last, put the decorations on the glass with a piece of strawberry on it.