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Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text is a type of writing that aims to describe a person, place, or thing, focusing on its features and characteristics. The structure includes an identification section and a description section, utilizing specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense, and action verbs. An example provided illustrates how to describe a best friend, highlighting their qualities and attributes.

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Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text is a type of writing that aims to describe a person, place, or thing, focusing on its features and characteristics. The structure includes an identification section and a description section, utilizing specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense, and action verbs. An example provided illustrates how to describe a best friend, highlighting their qualities and attributes.

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CHAPTER 4

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Definition of 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.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text


When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our
writing to be true. The arrangement is:
• Identification: contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will
be described.
• Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or
person by describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer
describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text


• To describe person, thing or place in specific.
• To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text


• Specific participant: has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). For
example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, Uncle Jim.
• 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.
• The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because
it tells the fact of the object described.
• Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….

Example Descriptive Text – My Best Friend, Ernesto

My best friend is Ernesto and he is my classmate. We go to school together.


Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principal and his mother is also a
teacher.
He is punctual, well-educated, and has good manners. He is really hard working. He always
does his homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All teachers have a high opinion
of him.
Ernesto has a well-built body. He is gentle but fearless. He takes part in all sports, scout,
trekking and mountaineering activities. He has a good heart. He is truthful, honest and obedient.
He also plays the guitar, and he makes his parents very proud of him. He secures good marks
and is usually top of his class in examinations. He inspires me to work harder. He keeps me
away from bad company. I am happy to have such a friend.
TASK 1:

Tulis semua materi pembelajaran di atas dibuku Bahasa Inggris.

TASK 2:

Terjemahkan teks My Best Friend – Ernesto ke Bahasa Indonesia.

TASK 3:

Lihat dan cermati gambar dibawah ini.

• Tempel satu foto terbaru diri kalian ditengah buku, boleh selfie wajah saja atau foto satu
badan penuh.
• Seperti contoh, silahkan beri keterangan untuk mendeskripsikan diri kalian dalam
Bahasa Inggris. (contoh: young, tall, slim, oval face, beautiful, dan lain-lain).
• Berikan minimal 10 keterangan tentang diri kalian, ditulis mengelilingi foto diri,

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