Pengertian, Tujuan, Struktur, Ciri dan Contoh 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 Indonesias 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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Contoh soal:
Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than
me. He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather
naughty at home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.
Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is
the best badminton player in our family.
(sumber: pegangan guru untuk SMP/MTS oleh Bachtiar Bima Mustriana, 2009, PT Intan Pariwara)

Vocabularies: Young: muda, long: panjang, straight: lurus, hair: rambut, bright: cerah,
friendly: ramah, rather: agak, naughty: nakal, interested: tertarik, player: pemain.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.

How old is Peter? He is years old.

Four
Fourteen
Forty
Ten

2.
a.
b.
c.
d.

The writer is years old.

Fourteen
Sixteen
Eighteen
Nineteen

3.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Which of the following statement is not true about Peter?

He has long and straight hair.
He has bright eyes.
He is interested in sports.
He plays football and tennis.

4. According to the passage, we know that Peter is .

a. The writers youngest brother
b. The writers elder brother
c. A naughty boy
d. A friendly boy
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.

It is implied in the passage that .

Peter is naughty.
Peter is lazy.
Peter is unfriendly.
Peter is diligent.

6.
a.
b.
c.
d.

From the text, we may conclude that.

Many people do not like Peter.
People is older that the writer.
Peter is a welcoming person.
Peter is not diligent at all.

7.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What is the text mostly about?

Peter
Peters hobby
Peters family
D. peters elder brother

8.

He is fourteen years old . . . Than me.

The underlined word refers to .
Peter
The writer
The writers brother
the writers family

a.
b.
c.
d.

9.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and
tennis. The underlined phrase can be replaced by .
Dislike sport
Really likes sport
Hates sport very much
Finds sport not really entertaining

10. But he usually does what he is asked to do

The underlined phrase means
a. He does anything he wants.
b. He always asks.
c. He is lazy.
d. He is diligent.
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Text 1. For numbers 11-18.
I love dogs very much. I keep some dogs in my house. They are Casper, Midas, Brwonie
and Dottie. Casper is a dachshund. Hes short with long body and four strong legs.
Brwonie is a collie. She has long and thick fur. What color is her fur? Brown, of course
thats why I call her Brownie. Dottie is a Dalmatian. She has a slim body and four long
legs. She has thin fur and dots all over her body. The last is Midas. He is a bulldog. He has
a large head, a short neck and thick short legs. Hes very strong.
I always take care of my dogs everyday.
11. What kind of text is the text above?
a. Recount c. Narrative
b. Descriptive d. Report
12. The generic structure of the text is .
a. description identification
b. Identification description
c. Orientation events Reorientation
d. Reorientation events Orientation
13. They are Casper, Midas, Brownie and Dottie .
The sentence is the . of the text.
a. Description c. Identification
b. Orientation d. Events
14. Hes short with long body and four strong legs
The sentence is one of the of the text.
a. Events c. Descriptions
b. Orientations d. Identifications
15. How many dogs does the writer have?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
16. What does Casper look like?
a. short with long body and strong legs
b. Brown, with long and thick fur
c. slim body, long legs
d. thin fur and dots
17. Why does the writer call the collie, Brownie? The writer calls the collie,
Brownie

because .
a. she likes brownies c. she has brown fur
b. she has brown ear d. she like it
18. What kind of dog is Dottie? Dottie is a
a. Dalmatian
b. Daschun
c. Bulldog
d. Collie
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