What and How is Procedure?

Procedure text shows reader how to do thing completely. It share the social function with explanation text. Both kinds of text show the phase to do thing or to have thing done. However explanation text is a statement while procedure is an imperative styles.

Definition of Procedure Text
Procedure is a text that show a process in order. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of series of steps

Generic Structure of Procedure Text
1. Goal: showing the purpose
2. Material: Telling the needed materials
3. Step 1to end: Describing the steps to achieve the purpose

Language Feature of Procedure Text
1. Using temporal conjunction
2. Using action verb
3. Using imperative sentence
4. Using Simple Present Tense