DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
What is Descriptive Text?
Descriptive text is a text that describes something. For example, describing people, animals or an object, both its shape, characteristics, number and others. Descriptive text also aims to explain, describe or reveal a person or thing.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text.
- Identification
A section that contains an introduction and an overview of a topic. Identification serves as the recognition of what we describe. so that readers or listeners do not misunderstand. In the introduction, it should also mention the reasons why the author chose that place to be told.
- Description
The description section contains all the general to special characteristics or traits contained in the object, person, or animal that you are describing. For example, when we tell about a place, we can start from the overall characteristics of a place such as how the scenery, the buildings, the weather, etc., then refer to details that specifically explain the previous general explanation.
Characteristics Descriptive Text
- Using the Simple Present Tense. This tense is used because in descriptive text we will explain a fact or truth contained in a thing or person.
- Using a lot of adjectives. Adjectives are used because in descriptive texts we will describe the properties of an object, human, or animal.
- We will often find a lot of "is" or connecting verbs in descriptive texts. because 'is' means 'is' which refers to the explanation of the thing, person or animal we are describing.
- Descriptive text only focuses on explaining one object.
Component of descriptive text
- The social function of descriptive text
- The generic structures of descriptive text
- The language features of descriptive text
How to describe people
In describing a person, we need to recognize three
important aspects that will be needed, they are:
- Adjectives (kata sifat)
- descriptive words/phrases (kata / frase deskriptif)
- and personality /characteristics. (kepribadian /
karakteristik.)
Example of Descriptive Text
My dog
(Identification)
My father bought me a dog on my birthday. This is a male golden retriever. I love her very much as my pet.
(Description)
His name is Jiji. He has brown fur. His fur is very soft and he likes to be rubbed on his tummy. He has a long tail and a large body. I always take her for walks because she loves it so much. Jiji has become part of our family.
Explanation:
The first paragraph is Identification because it tells the generality of the whole story. As the author gave a male dog that was given to him by his father on his birthday.
The second paragraph is a general to specific description or explanation of the whole. Like that the name of the dog in the text above is Jiji with soft brown fur, also told how the nature and habits of the dog.
Another example of Descriptive Text
1.
My house
My house is divided into two floors. Downstairs, I have all the important parts of the house like the kitchen, bathroom, storage room and parking garage. Upstairs I have one room where I keep the washer and dryer and one big terrace.
Downstairs, the floor is divided into eight rooms, four of which are bedrooms, the other two are bathrooms and then one kitchen and one dining room.
In my bedroom, I have many things in it, such as television, playstation 3, and many trophies.
In my sister's bedroom, there is a computer and in the other two bedrooms for my parents and my other sister.
Usually we eat wherever we want, but on Sundays we eat together in the dining room. I really love my home, a place where we can share everything together.
2.
Panda
I went to the zoo yesterday and I saw a panda for the first time. Panda is the cutest animal I have ever seen. He has small eyes with dark spots around them. The body is black and white. The panda's body is almost similar to that of a bear. Pandas look like tame animals but they are not. Pandas eat bamboo and they eat almost 40 kg of bamboo in just one day. Panda is an animal from China. I like Pandas because they are cute.
3.
Tree
There are three main parts of a tree. They are the crown, stem, and root. The crown is at the top of the tree. Consists of leaves, branches, and twigs. The crown filters dust and other particles from the air. Leaves produce food for the tree through photosynthesis.
The trunk or trunk supports the crown and gives the tree its shape and strength. The stem consists of several layers. The layers carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves, and they carry sugar down from the leaves to the branches, stems and roots.
Tree roots absorb water and nutrients from the soil, store sugar and hold the tree upright in the soil. Some roots can drop more than four meters.
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