1.

Summary
Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or a place is like
The purpose of descriptive text is to describe and reveal a particular
person or place
Descriptive text has 2 generic structures, namely identification and
description
Descriptive text has several characters including: using simple
present tense, using adjective words, and using conjunction like “is”.

2. Reflection
Questions Yes No
 Have you been able to identify descriptive
text?
 Have you been able to analyze the character
of the descriptive text?
 Have you been able to describe the people or
places in your area?
 Have you been able to write descriptive text?

HOTS Corner
Read the following text to answer questions number 1- 4!

Bromo is a beautiful place. It is located in east java. Bromo is an active

volcano. The name of Bromo from Javanese pronunciation is Brahma. It
is most favorite place to visit in east java. Every holiday, many tourism
visit this place. Bromo has a beautiful area is sand of sea and grassland.
Because in this area, you can find different between sand area and grass
area. Wide a sand of sea Bromo is 4800 m2. In Bromo you can see the
beautiful sunset and beautiful scenery.

Visit Bromo you must has jeep. If you do not have jeep, you can rent a
jeep because Bromo has hard road. If you want to see sunrise, you must
go to Bromo from midnight. Bromo has erupted more than 30.

1. What is the genre of the text above?

2. Where is the part of the text that shows identification?
3. What is the total area of the Bromo sand sea?
4. When do you have to go to Bromo if you want to see the sunrise?
5. Write a descriptive text that describes a person or place around
you!