Contoh Soal Writing Functional Text , Sport

Contoh Soal Writing Functional Text , Sport - In this lesson you are going to learn about how to write a short functional text.

World Cup is one of the most popular sport events that attract so many spectators from all over the world.

Do you know when or where was the first World Cup held? You will find the answer in the following text.

Text Discussion

In the text above, the first paragraph mainly discusses about the history of football. It talks about root of football, the time when the first modern football was developed, and the first time it was played. These are the general description of the football history. The first paragraph is the opening part of the text; it is usually talking about general things that will lead to more specific detail in the next paragraph.

The second paragraph of the text tells us about the spread of football across the world from time to time. Starting from the late 1800s to 1970s and then to 1990s. This part gives specific timeline description of the football history.

The last paragraph is still related to the previous paragraph. It still talks about the timeline of the football history. The difference lies in the focused topic of each paragraph. The previous paragraph talks more about the spread of football across the world, while this paragraph talks more about the major events in football history.

In general, the text above consists of two main parts:

the opening paragraph- the first paragraph that talks about the general description of the football history;
and the supporting paragraphs (this part can be written in more than one paragraph): the second and third paragraph that tell us about more specific detail on the timeline of football history.

How to write short functional text

The first thing to do is deciding the topic that you would like to write. After deciding on a certain topic, write down the ideas that you would like to highlight in your text.
The next step is to develop the ideas into paragraphs. It will be better to divide each idea into different paragraph (one main idea per paragraph).
The most important thing is that your text should consist of two main parts: the opening paragraph (the paragraph that tells the readers about the general description of the text) and the supporting paragraphs (the paragraphs that tell the readers about specific details on the topic being discussed).