Descriptive Text

The text to describe about a particular thing, person or place.

What is Descriptive Text? (part 3)

Purpose:

To describe a particular place/ thing/ person


Text Organization:

^ Identification (mention the special participant)
^ Description (mention the part, quality, and characteristics of subject being described)


Language Features:

^ The use of adjectives and compound adjectives.
e.g. :
- a five hundred seated football stadium.
- a beautiful ancient Roman opera house.

^ The use of Linking Verbs/ relating verbs.
e.g. :
- The temple is so magnificent.
- The temple consists of five terraces.

^ The use of Simple Present Tense
e.g. :
- The museum houses hundreds of Greek Statues.
- The hotel provides 450 rooms and a large swimming pool.

^ The use of degree of comparison
e.g. :
- The weather in Jakarta is hotter than Bandung.
- Bogor has the same weather as Ungaran.

 

 

 

What is Descriptive Text? (part 2)

The Definition and Purpose of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.


The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text has structure as below:
Identification; identifying the phenomenon to be described.
Description; describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.


The Language Feature of Descriptive Text

Using attributive and identifying process.
Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group.
Using simple present tense.

What is Descriptive Text? (part 1)

Definition

A descriptive text is a text which lists the characteristics of something.


Features

* The topic is usually about the attributes of a thing.
* Third person pronoun forms are used.


Examples (English)

* Requirements for employment
* The appearance of a person
* The details of a location