Descriptive Text : Definition, Structure Text, Characteristics Text , Example and Exercise of Descriptive Text

Posted by Unknown on Desember 31, 2018 in Descriptive Text,

The Definition of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

Structure Text (Generic Structure)

Descriptive text has its own rules in writing, including in the structure or composition of which must be written in order. If you are prompted to create descriptive text, then make sure the structure is as follows:

 1. Identification

 This section in the first paragraph - the goal  is to identify something to be described or depicted. Explanation easy, Identification serves to introduce the reader about the object or something that we have described before we tell about its properties. The goal is not to get one of those readers.

 2. Description

This section in the second paragraph and so on - contains the properties inherent in something that you already introduced to the reader in the first paragraph.

Characteristics Descriptive Text

These characteristics are important for you to take into account when  writing the descriptive text is not wrong. So make sure you use the  following features when using the genre will write descriptive text :

   1. Using the Simple Present Tense. 

Why use the simple present tense?  this is because we will describe a fact or truth that is attached to something or someone. And one of the functions of the simple present is to illustrate a fact or truth (eg fact: the sun is hot). Therefore, you should  always use the first form of the verb (verb-1). Your example will illustrate the properties of your new car: The color of my car is black, it can run up to 500 km / hour.

  2. Because of its function is to describe something by explaining its properties, then the text will be found many descriptive adjectives (adjective), as handsome, beautiful, tall, small, big, or if the adjective is derived from the verb, then you will find additional -ve, -ing, -nt in tow,

 3. In the descriptive text we will often find Relating verb (copula) which is (as in characteristic number 1). In Indonesian is often interpreted as "is". Because the purpose or function descriptive text is to describe, then definitely we will often find the word was (is). His name is Andy (his name was Andy), his height is 160 cm (height is 160 cm).

Example of Descriptive Text 

My Beloved Teddy Bear 

(Identification)

I have a favorite doll. It is an original Teddy Bear from America. My boyfriend gave it to me as my birthday present last year. I was very happy. I put it on a cabinet next to my bed. Sometimes I use it as a pillow.

(Description)

My Teddy Bear is very big, and the colour is cream. It is about 180 
and the width is about 50 centimeters. When I put it on my

bed it will occupy half of it. It is almost as big as my body. It is made

of typical kind of fabric called rasfur. The head is round with the size of

25 centimeters. It has two ears which located on top of its head. The shape

of the ear is half circle and the size is half of my palm. The colour of

its eye is dark brown. I think it is made of glass since I can see through

it. It has a blue shirt  encircling its body. On the sole of each

foot, there is a paw pattern made of smooth fabric.



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