DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

By : Siti Rahma Adawiah (Miss. Rahma)

 GENERIC STRUCTURE

WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE TEXT? THE PURPOSE

Identification :A paragraph that

gives the general explanation of
the topic. Introducing where or
who is the subject is being
Descriptive text is describe.
– To describe
a text that person, thing or
describes and Description : Describes parts, place in specific
qualities, and the characteristic of
explains particular the person, place, or thing to be
– To describe a
person, place, describe. particular person,
animal, or thing. animal, thing or
in description we can describe
the pysical appearance or non
place.
pysycal appearence
 PHYSICAL APPEARENCE
Examples :
Examples :
NON PHYSICAL APPEARENCE
To describe a person’s physical appearance, you can use the
following words
Physical Appearnce
 GRAMMAR FEATURE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

person, animal, thing, or has a certain object, is not

place’s characteristic. Like: common and unique (only
shape, size, color, etc. one)
Focus on Specific
Ex : a big place in the
Participant
world, a humble person, a
black skin etc. The use of Adjective
(kata sifat)
Verbal => S + V1 + O ● The Use of simple
Contoh I have a blue eyes
present tense In write a descriptive text we tell a
jika subjeknya he/she/it maka verb nya di truth information.. Why we use
tambahkan “S” simple present tense? Because one
Contoh : She like singing (salah) of the function of simple present
She likes singing (benar) tense is to tell the general truth.
Nominal => S + To be (am/is/are) + O
Contoh The children are naughty.
Example :
Please read carefully

DANIEL JACOB RADCLIFFE

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born
in Fulham, London, 23 July 1989. his
nickname is Dan. He is the only child
of Alan Radcliffe and Marcia
Gresham.
Simple present tense
Dan has white skin, dark brown
hair, blue eyes, and pointed nose. His
height is about 168cm. He is a loyal,
shy, down to earth and humorous
person. He is also intelligent and
somewhat mysterious. He loves
football, Formula One racing and
gymnastics.
Identification
The first paragraph is the part of
identification because it gives us the
general information about Daniel
Jacob. Like his name, date of
birth,etc.
Description
The second paragraph is the part of
description because it gives us the
specific information about Daniel
Jacob. Like a Daniel’s characteristic,
the thing that he loves, etc.
BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
Borobudur is a Hindu – Buddhist
temple. It was build in the ninth century
under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram
kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Identification
Central Java, Indonesia. The first paragraph is the part of
Borobudur is well-known all over identification because it gives us
the world. Its construction is influenced by the general information about
the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is ‘Borobudur Temple’.
constructed on a hill 46 m high and consists
of eight-step like stone terrace. The first five
terraces are square and surrounded by walls
adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-
relief. The upper three are circular. Each of
them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The Description
entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at
The second paragraph is the part
the center of the top circle. The way to the
summit extends through some 4.8 km of of description because it gives
passage and stairways. The design of us the spesific information about
Borobudur which symbolizes the structure of ‘Borobudur Temple’. Like the
the universe influences temples at Angkor, shape, design etc.
Cambodia.
 1. Make two paragraph using the picture bellow (choose one picture that
EXERCISE!! you interest to)
Don’t forget to use generic tructure.
• The first paragraph (Identification : contains about the introduction of
a person, place, animal or object will be described.)
• The second paragraph (Description: contains a description of
something such as animal, things, place or person by decribing its
features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Prambanan Temple Bromo Mountain

2. Complete this paragraph using the adjective correctly in the bellow!

I have an (1)… brother. His name is Virdion. He is a (2)…. student in UGM

majoring Pharmacy .He is a (3)…. Boy. He is like my mother. His skin is
(4)…. . Every Sunday, he usually goes to the sport center, sometimes by
himself or with some of his friends. Once a while, he will ask me to join
him to have some work out. He is very (5)….. brother.
A. Clever
B. Energetic
C. Handsome
D. black
E. older
F. short

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