DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our
writing to be true. The arrangement is:

# Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be
described.)
# Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by
describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text

– To describe person, thing or place in specific

– To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text

– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example:
Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a
handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the
fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc…

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

V1 (KATA KERJA BENTUK PERTAMA)

e.g.

makan--- eat

belajar --- study

bermain --- play

mendaftar --- sign up

WHO is THE SUBJECT? --- simple present tense

SUBJECT VERB 1
I create a Kahoot account.
You create a Kahoot account.
We Create a Kahoot account.
They Create a Kahoot account.
He (dia/lk) createS a Kahoot account.
She (dia/pr) createS a Kahoot account.
It ( dia) createS a Kohoot account.

Fungsi dari Simple Present Tense

1. Menyatakan daily habit (kebiasaan sehari-hari)

2. Menyatakan Fact (fakta/kenyataan)
Title My Office
Identification Hello, my name is Giyatmi. I am an English lecturer in
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of UniveritasVeteran
Bangun Nusantara (UVBN) in Sukoharjo. I have been teaching
in English Department since September 2009.
Description The English Department was officially opened in 2006. The
English Department is one of the study programs at Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of UVBN.
The English Ddepartment lies on the 2nd floor of building E.
Previously the English Departmen office was on the 2nd floor
of building C.
There are 10 lecturers and 1 administrative officer in English
Department. Today’s Head of English Department is Mrs. Arin
Arianti, M.Pd, while the secretary of English Department is
Mrs. Ratih Wijayava, M.Hum.
If you go up to the 2nd floor of building E, just turn left and
you will find the English Department lecturer’s room in the
second row. You will find a name plank hanging above the
door.
As soon as you open the door, on the left there is the
administrative clerk's desk. There is a desk and a set of
computers and printer on that table. Beside the admin desk,
there is Mrs. Vero, M.Pd's desk. Those two tables are on the
south side. For your information, the desk in the English
lecturer's office is arranged in the shape of the letter U.
Meanwhile on the west, there are 3 tables. The first is Dr.
Nunun’s desk, near Mrs. Vero's desk. The second is Mrs.
Nurnaningsih, S.Pd., M.A., M.Pd's table and the third is mine.
On the north side there are also 3 tables. The first is Mrs.
Arumi, M.Hum's desk near my desk. The second is Mrs. Indri,
M.Hum's table and the last is Dr. Singgih’s table. We put a set
of guest tables in the middle of the English lecturer's room.
The office of English Department consists of two rooms. The
first (front) is the lecturer's room that I described earlier. The
second room is for the head of English department and the
secretary of English Department.
Our new room is smaller than our old room. But we felt
comfortable and started to adapt to our new office in E
building.