DEFINITION OF COMMENTARY TEXT

DEFINITION		A Commentary Text is a text which is used to respond or analyze particular events. A Commentary is not a summary of an issue. 90 % of your commentary should be your thoughts about the issue.
COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE			The Communicative purpose of the Commentary text is to respond or analyze particular events.
GENERIC STRUCTURE (Text Organization)				GENERAL STATEMENT
				STEPPED EXPLANATION
LINGUISTIC FEATURES ( Lexicogrammatical Features)	1.      Menggunakan Relating Verb, Saying Verb, Thinking Verbs, Noun Groups describing characters, etc. 2.      Menggunakan Simple Present dan Simple Past jika teksnya memiliki latar belakang sejarah. 3.      Menggunakan Persuasive language yang digunakan untuk menilai sebuah karya (buku, film, drama, etc). 4.      Menggunakan kalimat komplek/majemuk ( Compound/Compound sentence ) untuk mengemas informasi yang disampaikan kepada pembaca/pendengar. 5.      Menggunakan bahasa metafora.