Definition of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others.
In a broad sense, description, as explained by Kane (2000: 352), is defined like in the following sentence:
Description is about sensory experience how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception.
in particular, the descriptive text is, “...... is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.”
The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object, either abstract or concrete.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
1. Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be described.)
2. Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by decribing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.
Purpose of Descriptive text
1. To describe person, thing or place in specific
2. To describe a particular person, thing or place.
Language Feature of Descriptive Text1.
1. Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
2. The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
3. The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.
4. Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc....
Example of Descriptive Text
My Lovely Cat
I have a stray cat as my pet. He is really playful, He loved to play with me and the new things he found. He has orange and white fur, his fur is so soft and I like to rubs it for him. He has a long tail. He likes to play with it. He is also always try to
catch his tail sometimes. I also like to hold him in my hand, when i hold him like that he will fall asleep.
Activity of Decriptive Text
1. Video of example descriptive text
2. Making a simple example of descriptive text around
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