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Understanding Descriptive Texts

The document discusses descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as text that contains identification and description of a particular place, thing, or person. It outlines the generic structure of descriptive text as having an identification section to identify the phenomenon being described, and a description section. It notes the grammatical features focus on specific participants, use of identifying processes, adjectives, and simple present tense.

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Understanding Descriptive Texts

The document discusses descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as text that contains identification and description of a particular place, thing, or person. It outlines the generic structure of descriptive text as having an identification section to identify the phenomenon being described, and a description section. It notes the grammatical features focus on specific participants, use of identifying processes, adjectives, and simple present tense.

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UNIVERSITAS WIRALODRA

Jl. Ir. H. Juanda KM. 3 Indramayu 45213

UNDERSTANDING
DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT

Debby
Trisnaningsih
Krisdiantoro
Cutriah

MATEMATIKA III-A

Explanation

Descriptive
text is text that
contain
of
Identification
and description

Communicative Purpose
o To describe a
particular
place, things,
or person

Focus and
Listen
carefully

Generic structure
Identification
:
identifies the
phenomenon to be
described
Description
:
describes parts,
qualities, and the
characteristic of the
person, place, or thing
to be describe

Parts, qualities
and
characteristics

Grammatical feature
Focus

on specific
participants
Use identifying process
Adjective
Use of simple present tense

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, example It was a large open rowboat, a sweet young
lady, dsb.
Berbagai macam adjectives yang bersifat describing,
classifying, numbering, example two strong legs, sharp white
fangs, etc.
Thinking verbs and feeling verbs untuk mengungkapkan
pandangan pribadi penulis tentang subyek, example Police
believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, etc.
Action verbs, example Our new puppy bites our shoes, etc.
Adverbials, untuk memberikan informasi tambahan tentang
perilaku tsb, example fast, at the tree house, etc.
Figurative, like simile, metafor, example John is as white as
chalk, sat tight, dsb

Descriptive text
(describe a particular things)

My Cat
I have a pet, its name
is catty.
It always sleep on
my bedroom with me
and often scratch my
badcover. it eats animal
food and does not like
fish. Catty is my
beautiful pet.

Identification

Description

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