DESCRIPTIVE TEXT PRACTICE
THEME: TOURISM OBJECT
Practice 1: Read the text below and then answer the questions!
Komodo island is located between Sumbawa
and Flores, along western Nusa Tenggara
Timur, and is popular for the presence of
giant Monitor Lizards known as Komodo
Dragons. The island is arid, rugged and
barren and forms a part of the Komodo National Park and Marine Reserve.
Aerial views prove that it is inarguably, among the most beautiful places in
Indonesia.
The best time to visit the park is during the dry season, which runs
from April to December.
Besides spotting endangered Komodo dragons, a range of activities
can be enjoyed at the Komodo National Park such as go for kayaking,
diving, trekking or the guided island tours.
Around Komodo Island can be relatively easy, but to get to Komodo, you
first need to travel to Bali and then to Labuan Bajo by either plane or boat,
and finally to Komodo Island by boat. A couple of local airlines fly from
Bali to Labuan Bajo on Flores Island.
Questions:
1. What is the text about?
2. Who might be interested in reading this text?
3. What is the author’s purpose of writing text?
4. What is the benefit of reading this text
Practice 2: Read the text above one more time then analize its structure using this table!
Parts of text Functions of the Parts
I. Identification To identify the place
1) The name of place
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2) The location
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2. Characteristic Describe the place in more detailed information
1. Paragraph 1 3) Condition
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4) Visiting time
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2. Paragraph 2 ______________________
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3. Function/benefit/activity Describe activity that can be done at the place
Paragraph 3 5) Activity
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_________________________ 6) Trasportation
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Practice 3: Here, you have to rearrange the following jumbled sentences into a good
paragraph and match it with the structure of text in the table below!
Bromo is located around 2,5 hours from Malang city. It is one of active volcano mountain
which is a part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National park.
Bromo is one of mountains in Java that is known around the world. As one of the special
tourism places in Java, Bromo Mountain is not only rich of its natural beauty but also in
harmony with the locaal people around it.
The beauty of Bromo can be seen clearly from the top of Penanjakan Mountain which is
close to Bromo and has higher level (2,770 meters). Bromo itself is only 2,392 meters.
The name of Bromo is taken from the name one of the God of Hindu, Brahma.
In Bromo, the visitors can enjoy both the beauty of the nature and also the culture in that
area because Bromo is not simply a mountain but also an important place for ritual
ceremony of Hindu.
People of Tengger has a myth about that mountain that makes it has mystical nuance. But
it is more than myth as long as people still believe that by creating Kasada festival every
year, they express their gratitude to God in a symbolic way by throwing vegetables, cattle,
and also money as an offering in the Bromo’s crater.
Even Bromo is not too high volcano mountain, but the history of the eruption was so
dramatic.
The sands around it which people called the sea of sands (segara wedi) are the proof that
this mountain had ever been killing the life surrounded that area.
Structure Arranged
Sentences
Identification
Description