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. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia. Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.
Descriptive text Descriptive text adalah text yang menggambarkan atau menjelaskan orang, tempat atau benda benda tertentu. Sifatnya text ini menjelaskan sesuatu secara khusu tidak menjelaskan secara general. Generic structure Identification description Identification: dalam bagian ini menjelaskan di identifikasinya yang mau di deskripsikan Description: pada bagian ini dideskripsikan secara terperinci mengenai apa yang mau didiskripsikan Contoh I The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of Americas Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.
Contoh II Michael Phelps is an American swimmer. He was born in Baltimore on 30th June, 1985. He is 6 ft, 4 inches tall. He weighs 195 pounds. Those make physique ideal for a swimmer tall broad shoulder and narrow hips. He was the greatest swimmer in the 2008 Olympic game Beijing. He had an ultimate goal to break 7 gold medals held by Mark Apitz since 1972, and he did it. He got 8 medals in Beijing. Although many people were skeptical that it could be done, he proved them wrong. Phelps recent accomplishment will make him the worlds richest professional swimmer with the salary estimated 5 million dollars a years. Sumber: http://id.shvoong.com/writing-and-speaking/copywriting/2103876-descriptivetext/#ixzz1jrHFMJXb
Taj Mahal di kenal sebagai contoh karya arsitektur muslim India. Selain itu, Taj Mahal dikenang sebagai lambang cinta abadi Kaisar Shan Jahan untuk istrinya Mumtaz Mahal. Taj Mahal merupakan simbol cinta dan hasarat. Taj Mahal dibangun Kaisar Mogul ke lima itu antara tahun 1631-1648 untuk mengenang, Arjuman Bano Begum, atau lebih dikenal sebagai Mumtaz Mahal. Awalnya, Shan Jahan hanya menyebut masjid itu hanya sebagai makam Mumtaz Mahal, namun akhirnya berkembang menjadi Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal jika diterjemahkan berarti Istana Mahkota, sebuah perluasan dari nama Mumtaz Mahal yang berasal dari Persia. Mumtaz Mahal meninggal di usia 39 tahun, ketika melahirkan anak ke-14 pada tahun 1631. Kematian Sang Permaisuri ini membuat Sang Raja begitu berduka. Sebelum meninggal, Mumtaz berpesan ingin dibuatkan makam yang tak pernah disaksikan dunia sebelumnya untuk mengenangnya.Jadilah Jahan kemudian mengerahkan 20 ribu tenaga kerja untuk menunaikan pesan istrinya itu. Bahan bangunan didatangkan dari seluruh India dan Asia Tengah dengan menggunakan 1000 gajah. Dan berdirilah kubah utama setinggi 57 meter. 28 batu-batuan indah dari berbagai wilayah Asia digunakan. Seperti batu pasir merah dari Fatehpur Sikri, jasper dari Punjab, jade dan kristal dari Cina, batu pirus dari Tibet, lapis lazuli dan safir dari Srilanka, batubara dan batu kornelian dari Arab, dan berlian dari Panna. Lantainya pun terbuat dari pualam yang bercahaya dari Makrana, Rajasthan.
Tak seperti makam Mughal lainnya, taman Taj Mahal berada di depan makam. Latar belakang Taj Mahal adalah langit, sehingga Taj Mahal terlihat begitu gemerlap dengan warna. Komposisi bentuk dan garisnya pun simetris sempurna Sumber: http://id.shvoong.com/humanities/history/1861471-sejarah-tajmahal/#ixzz1jrIndpAR