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The document discusses the descriptive text format. It defines descriptive text as text that describes a person, place, or thing. The purpose is to depict or reveal the subject. A descriptive text structure includes an identification section with an overview and a description section with specific characteristics. It uses simple present tense and attribute verbs. An example descriptive text is then provided about Indonesia's National Monument in Jakarta, describing its appearance and history. A second example describes the characteristics and kind nature of the writer's mother.

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Descriptive Text

The document discusses the descriptive text format. It defines descriptive text as text that describes a person, place, or thing. The purpose is to depict or reveal the subject. A descriptive text structure includes an identification section with an overview and a description section with specific characteristics. It uses simple present tense and attribute verbs. An example descriptive text is then provided about Indonesia's National Monument in Jakarta, describing its appearance and history. A second example describes the characteristics and kind nature of the writer's mother.

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Descriptive text 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.
Teks Deskriptif yaitu teks yang menjelaskan gambaran
seseorang atau benda. Tujuannya adalah untuk
menggambarkan atau mengungkapkan orang, tempat
atau benda tertentu.
Struktur Descriptive Text (generic structure) adalah :
1. Identification (identifikasi) adalah pendahuluan ,
berupa gambaran umum tentang suatu topik.
2.Description (deskripsi) adalah berisi ciri-ciri khusus
yang dimiliki benda, tempat, atau orang yang
dideskripsikan.
Ciri-ciri Descriptive Text :
- Menggunakan simple present tense
- Menggunakan attribute verb, seperti be (am, is, are)
- Hanya fokus pada satu objek tersebut.
Berikut adalah Contoh Descriptive Text :

The National Monument (or Monument Nasional) is a


132 meters tower in the center of Merdeka Square,
Central Jakarta. It symbolizes the fight for Indonesias

independence. The monument consist of a 117,7 m


obelisk on a 45 m square platform at a height of 17 m.
The towering monument symbolizes the philosophy of
Lingga and Yoni. Lingga resembles, rice pestle (alu) and
Yoni resembles a mortar rice (lesung), two important
items in Indonesian agricultural tradition.
The construction began in 1961 under the direction of
President Soekarno and the monument was opened to
the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with
gold foil. The monument and museum is opened daily
from 08.00 15.00 every day throughout the week,
except for the last Monday of the month the monument
is closed.
Contoh Descriptive Text tenang Ibu
My mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not short, and she has
curly hair and brown. Her eyes color are like honey and her color skin
color light brown, and she has a beautiful smile. Her weight likes 120 lbs.
She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she
loves to help people. I love my mom, because she is a good example to
me. She loves being in the Church, and she loves sing and dance too.
She is a very good child, wife and mother. She always takes care of her
family. She likes her house to be clean and organized. She a very
organized person, and all things in the house are in the right place. She
doesn't
like
messes.
She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like
when I am going to sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to go to
some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family have a
problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all her love.

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