DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
By : Farida
MAN 2 Kota Kediri @2015
What is Descriptive Text??
• Descriptive text is text that explain or describe something, example : describe thing, people, historical places and etc.
• Function : to describe a particular
person, place or thing.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
IDENTIFICATION
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DESCRIPTIVE
TITLE
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
• Identification : identifies
phenomenon to be described.
• Descriptive : describes parts,
qualities, characters.
Language Features of Descriptive Text
1. The use of adjective and compound adjectives
e.g : - a five hundred seated football stadium
- a beautiful ancient Roman opera house 2. The use linking verb/relating verb
e.g : - The temple is so magnificent
- The temple consist of five terraces
Cont,..
3. The use of Simple Present Tense
e.g : - The hotel provides 450 rooms and a large swimming pool
4. The use of Degree of Comparison
e.g : - The weather in Jakarta is hotter than bandung
- Bogor has the same weather as Ungaran
Write at the words below!. Do you know the meaning? Check your dictionary.
Word that use to describe people tall eyebrow pointed nose
friendly short blonde hair smart skinny calm shy
chubby round face kind
helpful stubborn
Words that use to describe place
• 1 wave trees sandy breeze
• 2 savannah botanical garden wood jungle
• 3 canopy leafy green blue
• 4 cool cold fresh
• 5 coral clear sofa fish
• 6 dirty nice clean comfortable
• 7 ship boat raft canoe
• 8 fall down rock splash waterfall
• 9 valley amusement park hot spring crater
• 11 sunny wet warm hot
• 12 terrible amazing awesome marvelous
• 13 impressive interesting boring
unforgettable
Words that use to describe people
Tall : tinggi
eyebrow : alis mata
pointed nose : hidung mancung
friendly : ramah
short : pendek
blonde hair : rambut pirang
smart : tangkas
Cont,..
skinny : kurus
calm : tenang/calm
shy : pemalu
chubby : gemuk
round face : berwajah bulat
kind : baik
helpful : suka menolong
stubborn : keras kepala
Words that use to describe place
• 1 wave (gelombang) trees (pohon) sandy (pasir) breeze (angin sepoi-sepoi)
• 2 savannah (padang rumput yg luas) garden (kebun) wood (kayu) jungle (hutan)
• 3 canopy (langit-langit) leafy (daun yg rindang) green (hijau) blue (biru)
• 4 cool (sejuk) hot (panas) cold (dingin) fresh (segar)
• 5 coral (karang) clear (cerah) sofa (sofa) fish (ikan)
• 6 dirty (kotor)nice (bagus) clean (bersih)
comfortable (nyaman)
• 7 ship (kapal) boat (skoci) raft (rakit) canoe (sampan)
• 8 fall down (jatuh) rock (batu) splash (cahaya) waterfall (air terjun)
• 9 valley (lembah) amusement (hiburan) park (taman) hot spring (musim semi yg panas) crater (kawah)
• 11 sunny (cerah) wet (basah) warm (hangat)
• 12 terrible (buruk sekali) amazing
(mengagumkan) awesome (terpesona) marvelous (bagus sekali)
• 13 impressive (mengesankan/keren)
interesting (menarik) boring (membosankan)
unforgettable (tak dapat dilupakan)
Describing people
My Best Friend (Title)
I have a lot of friends in my school, but Dinda has been my best friend since junior high school. We don’t study in the same class, but we meet at school everyday during recess and after school. I first met her at junior high school orientation and we’ve been friends ever since. (Identification)
Dinda is good-looking. She’s not too tall, with fair skin and wavy black hair that she often puts in a ponytail. At school, she wears the uniform. Other than that, she likes to wear jeans, casual t-shirts and sneakers. Her favourite t-shirts are those in bright colors like pink, light green and orange. She is always cheerful. She is also very friendly and likes to make friends with anyone. Like many other girls, she is also talkative. She likes to share her thoughts and feelings to her friends. I think that’s why many friends enjoy her company. However, she can be a bit childish sometimes. For example, when she doesn’t get what she wants, she acts like a child and stamps her feet.
Dinda loves drawing, especially the manga characters. She always has a sketchbook with her everywhere she goes. She would spend some time to draw the manga characters from her imagination. Her sketches are amazingly great. I’m really glad to have a best friend like Dinda. (Description)
Describing Place
Paris (Title)
Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded cities.
Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light. (Identification)
Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to
visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of
Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums, draws
many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is
another favourite place to visit. (Description)
My Best Friend
I have a lot of friends in my school, but Dinda has been my best friend since junior high school. We
don’t study in the same class, but we meet at school
everyday during recess and after school. I first met
her at junior high school orientation and we’ve been
friends ever since. (Identification)
• Dinda is good-looking. She’s not too tall, with fair skin and wavy black hair that she often
puts in a ponytail. At school, she wears the uniform. Other than that, she likes to wear jeans, casual t-shirts and sneakers. Her
favourite t-shirts are those in bright colors like pink, light green and orange. She is
always cheerful. She is also very friendly and likes to make friends with anyone. Like many other girls, she is also talkative. She likes to share her thoughts and feelings to her
friends. I think that’s why many friends enjoy her company. However, she can be a bit
childish sometimes. For example, when she
doesn’t get what she wants, she acts like a
child and stamps her feet.
