Describing
Objects/things
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I NITION
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What is a descriptive text?
Descriptive text is a text that explains what a
person, place, or thing is like, often
providing a visual experience through the use
of adjectives and adverbs. How something
looks, sounds, tastes.
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Generic Structure of descriptive text
• Identification : to introduce the
person, place,and the object.
• Description : gives the detail of the
person, place, and the object
described.
The function of descriptive text
Social function of descriptive text is to
describe a particular person, place or
thing in detail.
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Language Feature
a. Specific participant: has a certain object. For
example: My house, Wini beach.
b. The use of the adjective : to clarify the noun, for
example : a beautiful beach, a handsome man.
c. The use of simple present tense: the sentence
pattern used is simple present because it tells the
fact of the object described.
d. Action verb: verbs that show an activity, for
example: run, sleep, walk, cut.
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Describing Something
Size Materials
It is used to describe what a noun is
made of (e.g., wooden, cotton, silver,
Size is used to describe how
Shape metal)
big or small a noun is (e.g.,
It is used to describe the Example:
small, big, tiny, enormous).
form of a noun (e.g.,round, 1. His wooden desk
Examples:
square, flat) 2. The silver ring
1. A small town
2. The big house Examples:
1. The round table
2. Your flat shoes
Color
It is used to describe the color of a Purpose/Qualifier
noun (e.g., blue, pink, green) It is used to describe what a noun is
Example: used for or what it does
1. Her blue jacket Examples:
2. The green leaves 1. The running shoes
2. My drawing pencil
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Example
My Favorite Book At the first page of that book, I wrote my name and
my email address. I also draw a simple rat at the
I have a book which I bought last year. The book is corner of the first page. I always do the same thing
a novel which titled The Story of An Idiot. I love to all my books because I hope if I loss my book,
that book because when I read it I get not only someone who found it would give it back to me.
knowledge but also entertainment.
The book is written in English. The author of that
Unfortunately I had loss this book. I guess I lose it book is Joseph J Joseph. It is a strange name but
at Tugu Station during my trip in Yogyakarta. It was cool enough for the name of a novel author.
difficult to get that book because I never found it at
the book store. I got it at the street book seller in The total pages of that book are 125 pages which
London. are divided into 6 parts. At the back of the cover is
actually the short summary of that book, but I
The colour of the book’s cover is dominated in red. changed it by sticking the picture of a monkey on it
The picture of that cover is a young man in a black
jacket walking through the bridge.
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