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Descriptive Text

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Descriptive Text

GOAL
Students are able to
identify the generic
structure from
descriptive text
What is a
Descriptive text?
• Descriptive text is a text which says what a
person or thing is like.
• Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular
person, place, or thing.
The Generic Structure of a
descriptive text
• Identification: identifying the phenomenon to be
described.
• Description: describing the phenomenon in parts,
qualities, or /and characteristics
Communicative Purpose
o To describe a
particular place,
things, or person

Do you have
an idea?

Eko Hadi Prasetiyono, S.Pd SMA Negeri 1 Pare


Language Features
● Using attributive and identifying process
● Using adjectives and classifiers in nominal groups
● Using simple present tense
● Using nouns, example teacher, house, my cat, etc.
● Detailed noun phrase untuk memberikan informasi tentang
subyek, misalnya It was a large open rowboat, a sweet young
lady, dsb.
● Berbagai macam adjectives yang bersifat describing,
classifying, numbering,misalnya two strong legs, sharp white
fangs, dsb
● Thinking verbs dan feeling verbs untuk mengungkapkan
pandangan pribadi penulis tentang subyek, misalnya Police
believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, dsb
● Action verbs, misalnya Our new puppy bites our shoes, dsb.
● Adverbials, untuk memberikan informasi tambahan tentang
perilaku tsb, misalnya fast, at the tree house, dsb.
● Bahasa figurative seperti simile, metafor, misalnya John is as
white as chalk, sat tight, dsb
Descriptive text
(describe a particular place)
My lovely home
My house is only five-
minutes work from my
school
It is not very big, but very
cozy and quiet. This is the
place where we can relax
and find our own space.
In our home, we really
enjoy our relaxing time
from the pressure of
school and work. It is
home sweet home
Descriptive text
(describe a particular
person)
My favorite teacher
There are about fifty
eight teachers in my school.
Most of them are kind and
helpful. But my favorite one is
Mr. Hery, my English teacher.
Mr. Hery is tall and
slim enough. He is about forty
years old, and wears glasses.
Mr. Hery is always neatly
dressed. To school he rarely
carries a briefcase.
Descriptive text
(describe a particular things)
My Cat
I have a pet, its name is
catty.
It always sleep on
my bedroom with me
and often scratch my
badcover. it eats
animal food and does
not like fish. Catty is my
beautiful pet

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