DESCRIBING TEXT

Descriptive Text Example

Descriptive text is a text that describes a Tall - tinggi
particular in detail. Taller – lebih tinggi
Short – pendek
Structure Shorter – lebih pendek
 Identification: contains about the
introduction of a person, place, Formula
animal or object will be described.  S + to be + adjective + -er +
 Description: contains a description of than + O
something such as animal, things,  S + to be + more + adjectives
place, or person by describing its + than + O
features, forms, colors, or anything
Example
related to what the writer describe.
Language Feature Of Descriptive Text  Banjanegara is quitter than
Jogja
 Specific participant: has a certain  Sunrise at the mountain more
object, is not common and unique
beautiful than sunrise at the
(only one). for example: Bandengan
beach.
beach, my house, Borobudur temple,
uncle Jim B. Superltive Adjectives
 The use of the adjective (an Superlative adjectives are to express
adjective) to clarify the noun, for that a thing or person is the most
example: a beautiful beach, a compared to others. Add the suffix ‘-
handsome man, the famous place in est’ behind the adjectives or add
Jepara, etc. ‘most’ in front of adjective. The
 The use of simple present tense: The word “the” is added as an
sentence pattern used is simple emphasizer before adjective.
present because it tells the fact of the
object described. Exampel
 Action verb: verbs that show an Fast – the fastest
activity (for example, run, sleep, Hard – the hardest
walk, cut etc…. Angry – the angriest
Early – the early
A. Comperative Adjective
Formula
Comperative adjective is an adjective  S1 + to be + adverb + est +
that is used to compare two objects S2 (one syllable)
by adding an ‘-er’ suffix behind the  S1 + to be + the most + S2
adjective. (more than one syllab)
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