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General Clasification; Pernyataan umum yang menerangkan subjek laporan, keterangan, dan klasifikasinya. 

Description: tells what the phenomenon under discussion ; in terms of parts, qualities, habits or behaviors; Pada bagian ini biasanya memberikan gambaran fenomena-fenomena yang terjadi; baik bagian-bagiannya, sifat-sifatnya, kebiasaannya, ataupun tingkah lakunya. Intinya adalah penjabaran dari klasifikasi yang disajikan dengan ilmiah.

Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than particular nouns, eg our dog;

Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg Molecules are tiny particle

Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, eg Emus cannot fly

Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;

use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;

Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.