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Purpose and Example Descriptive Text. Descriptive Text Is A

This document describes the purpose and structure of descriptive text. Descriptive text aims to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. It generally contains an identification section introducing what will be described, followed by a description section detailing properties and characteristics. Descriptive text uses specific examples, adjectives to clarify nouns, simple present tense, and action verbs to convey facts about the object being described.

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Purpose and Example Descriptive Text. Descriptive Text Is A

This document describes the purpose and structure of descriptive text. Descriptive text aims to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. It generally contains an identification section introducing what will be described, followed by a description section detailing properties and characteristics. Descriptive text uses specific examples, adjectives to clarify nouns, simple present tense, and action verbs to convey facts about the object being described.

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 Purpose and Example Descriptive Text.

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.

       So, we can say that the descriptive text is the text that describes
what kind of person or an object described, goodshape, properties,
number and others in particular. Goal (purpose) of the descriptive
text is clear, namely to explain, DESCRIBE or disclose a specific
individual or object.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text :

1. Identification: contains the identification of matter / a willbe


described.
2. Description: contains the explanation / description of the
thing / person to mention a few properties.

Language features of Descriptive text :

 Specific participant has a certain object, is


not commonand unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach,
my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
 The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun(noun)
for example, be used for the following expression:
a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in Jepara,
etc..
 Use the present tense sentence patterns simple sentence
patterns used are simple present for telling the facts of object
descriptions.
 Action verbs, there are verbs that show an activity (activity can
be seen), for example: run, sleep, walk, cut etc.

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