Pak/Bu, saya seringkali masih bingung bedanya teks DESCRIPTIVE dan REPORT karena ada judul bacaan ttg "WASHINGTON" itu termasuk jenis teks REPORT sedangkan teks ttg "CENTRAL JAVA" misalnya, dsb nya itu termasuk jenis teks DESCRIPTIVE padahal sama - sama menjelaskan suatu nama tempat tertentu. Mohon penjelasannya karena saya betul - betul belum jelas sekali biarpun sudah membaca teori nya berkali - kali. Terima kasih banyak ya, Pak/Bu.

The city of Washington is one of the cities in the world which were really planned as a capital city. Occupying an area is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer, Washington D.C, offers a suitable climate for the year round active administration. Two lines, east to west and north to south, divide the city into four parts which the capital building as the center.

            Its inhabitants consist of people coming from all parts of the United States of America and from almost every country in the world. As a center of all the government offices, Washington D.C. is always busy serving the needs of the central government and its employees. Many of the inhabitants of Washington D.C. are government employees. Together with the members of the families there are more than 300,000 people. People say that actually government is indeed Washington’s big business.

            Among the government buildings in Washington D.C. the capital Building where the congress has its meetings, and the White house, where the president of United States of America and his family live, are the most popular. There are many very good libraries, too. The library Congress, which is the largest in the United States of America, has millions of books and different kinds of documents. It has also become famous for the library system that it has developed and which is now being used internationally.

Definition of Report
Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis

Generic Structure of Report
1. General classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general
2. Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials

Language Feature of Report
• Introducing group or general aspect
• Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
• Using simple present tense

Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text has structure as below:
Identification; identifying the phenomenon to be described.
Description; describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.

The Language Feature of Descriptive Text
Using attributive and identifying process.
Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group.
Using simple present tense