DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (2)

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

THE DEFINITION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

 descriptive text is a text which presents information about something specifically.

The purpose of descriptive text:

to describe a particular person or thing or place specifically.

The Generic Structure of descriptive text:

1. identification: introduce a particular person or      thing or place.
2. Description: describing physical appearance, quality, behaviour, etc.

 

 Language Feature of descriptive text:
• using simple present tense.
• Using adjective.
• The use of has or have.

THE DIFFERENTS BETWEEN DESCRIPTIVE AND REPORT TEXT

 

THE DIFFERENT	DESCRIPTIVE TEXT	REPORT TEXT
The object	Talk about one specific thing	Talk about one general thing
The resourses	Based on the objective fact of the thing	Based on the careful observation
The example (title)	My beautiful cat (describe the cat’s writer)	The cat (describe cat in general)

The tips how to write a good descriptive text:

• make the reader imagine the situation. For make the reader can imagine the situation you have to add adjective. 
• Give additional information. The information should interesting, example: the weather, the special thing from what you'll describe

• ·         Make an interaction with the reader, example you add question words (see?, how about that?)

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. 

Teks Deskriptif yaitu teks yang menjelaskan gambaran seseorang atau benda. Tujuannya adalah untuk menggambarkan atau mengungkapkan orang, tempat atau benda tertentu. 

Bisa dikatakan juga bahwa Descriptive text adalah teks yang menjelaskan tentang seperti apakah orang atau benda yang dideskripsikan, baik bentuknya, sifat-sifatnya, jumlahnya dan lain-lain.

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 Indonesia’s 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.

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