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Procedure Text: BY: Nurul Kusumawati, S.PD

This document provides information about procedure texts. It defines a procedure text as a text that describes how to achieve something through a sequence of steps. It explains that a procedure specifies a series of actions that must be performed in the same way to obtain the same result. The purpose of a procedure text is to help the reader complete a task. A typical procedure text includes the goal, materials, and steps listed in a specific order. It also discusses the language features commonly used in procedures such as simple present tense and imperative verbs. An example procedure for making a sandwich is provided to illustrate the structure.

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Procedure Text: BY: Nurul Kusumawati, S.PD

This document provides information about procedure texts. It defines a procedure text as a text that describes how to achieve something through a sequence of steps. It explains that a procedure specifies a series of actions that must be performed in the same way to obtain the same result. The purpose of a procedure text is to help the reader complete a task. A typical procedure text includes the goal, materials, and steps listed in a specific order. It also discusses the language features commonly used in procedures such as simple present tense and imperative verbs. An example procedure for making a sandwich is provided to illustrate the structure.

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PROCEDURE TEXT

BY:
NURUL KUSUMAWATI, S.PD
Definition Of The Procedure Text

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.

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.
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 generic structures of procedure text are :

• Goal/aim ( or title)
• Materials (not required for all procedural texts)
• Steps (the actions that must be taken)
The Types of Procedure

1. Procedure of Making something


e.g. How to make Banana Juice

2. Procedure of operating something


e.g. How to operate Hand Phone

3. Procedure of Manner
e.g. How tobe the best student in NBB school
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)
Example of Procedure :

How to make a sandwich .....The Title (aim/goal)

Materials: ........(The materials thay you need for making sandwich)

1. 2 slices of bread
2. peanut butter
3. a banana
4. honey

Steps : ....... (What you should do for making sandwich)

1. Take two slices of bread


2. Spread peanut butter
3. Cut up a banana onto small slices and put them on one of the slices
4. Pour some honey over the bananas
5. Put the other slice of bread on top

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