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eWriting > Functional Grammar > Explanation

• 2.1 Information Report
• Self-Test
• Explanations to Self-Test
• 2.3 Recount
• 2.4 Self-Test
• 2.5 Narrative
• Self-Test
• Exposition
• Self-Test
• Procedure
• Self-Test A
• Self-Test B
• Self-Test C
• Explanation
• Self-Test
• Discussion
• Self-Test
• Description
• Self-Test A
• Self-Test B

Explanations

I.

1. The social purpose of an information report is to: c) describe or classify natural, manufactured and/or social phenomena

II. See if you can indicate the functions of the various stages of the report:

2. Paragraph 1.
   b) general statement of classification
3. Paragraphs 2 -4
   a) description - characteristics and appearance
4. Paragraphs 5 -6
   c) description - behavioural characteristics

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