Descriptive

Text
 Function :
To describe something. It can
be human or non human
object

Features :
It is mostly explain about the
description of the text

Step / Generic
structure :
Descriptive 1.Identification
text 2.Description

Language :
1.It is mostly used simple
present forms
2.Adjectives & adverbs
 What is a Descriptive text?

• Descriptive text is a text which says

what a person or thing is like.
The Generic Structure of a
descriptive text

• Identification: identifying the

phenomenon to be described.
• Description: describing the phenomenon
in parts, qualities, or /and characteristics
 Language Features
• Using attributive and identifying process
• Using adjectives and classifiers in nominal
groups
• Using simple present tense
• Using nouns, example teacher, house, my cat,
etc.
• Detailed noun phrase untuk memberikan
informasi tentang subyek, misalnya It was a
large open rowboat, a sweet young lady, dsb.
• Berbagai macam adjectives yang bersifat describing,
classifying, numbering,misalnya two strong legs, sharp white
fangs, dsb
• Thinking verbs dan feeling verbs untuk mengungkapkan
pandangan pribadi penulis tentang subyek, misalnya Police
believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, dsb
• Action verbs, misalnya Our new puppy bites our shoes, dsb.
• Adverbials, untuk memberikan informasi tambahan tentang
perilaku tsb, misalnya fast, at the tree house, dsb.
• Bahasa figurative seperti simile, metafor, misalnya John is as
white as chalk, sat tight, dsb
 Bekantan

Have you ever heard about bbekantan? Well, I

identification
will tell you about it.
Bekantan is one kind of monkey in the world. It is
only live in the borneo island or well known as
kalimantan. It lives inside of the jungle.
Bekantan has special features than other monkey.
It has a different shape of nose. It hunts the food
by group.

Description
Nowadays, bekantan is rare. There are many
hunter chase and sell this in the black market.
Though, indonesian government forbidden them
but they still do it. So, as young generation what
will you do??? Of course we must keep the
bekantan in order to take care of them from the
extinction.
 Text Analysis
title Borobudur
Identification Borobudur is a Hindu – Budhist temple. It was built in the ninth
century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom.
Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
Description Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is
influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is
constructed on a hill 46 high and consists of eight step like stone
terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls
adorned with Budhist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are
circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell-shape stupa. The
entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top
circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of
passage and stairways. The design of Borobudur which symbolizes
the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Description Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian

monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.