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Social Functions of Descriptive Text

The document discusses the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as a text that describes a particular person, place or thing. It notes that descriptive texts focus on sensory experiences like how something looks, sounds or tastes. The social function is to describe subjects through their features and characteristics. Generic structures include an identification section introducing the subject followed by detailed descriptions. Language features involve specific participants, adjectives to modify nouns, simple present tense and adverbs of time and place.

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Social Functions of Descriptive Text

The document discusses the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as a text that describes a particular person, place or thing. It notes that descriptive texts focus on sensory experiences like how something looks, sounds or tastes. The social function is to describe subjects through their features and characteristics. Generic structures include an identification section introducing the subject followed by detailed descriptions. Language features involve specific participants, adjectives to modify nouns, simple present tense and adverbs of time and place.

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10th

Descriptive Text
grade

Ade Herfi Fauziah, [Link]


TABLE OF Definition of Descriptive Text

CONTENT Social Function

S Generic Structures

Language Features
What is Descriptive text?

Descriptive Text is a text which describes


a particular person, thing or place.
In a broad sense, description, as
explained by Kane (2000: 352), is about
sensory experience how something looks,
sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual
experience.
Social Function of Descriptive Text

Social Function of Descriptive Text is


to describe a particular person, thing
or place.
Generic Stucture of Descriptive Text

Description
Identification contains a description of
Contains about the something such as animal,
introduction of a things, place or person by
person, place, animal or describing its features,
object will be forms, colors, or anything
described. related to what the writer
describe.
The Language Features of Descriptive Text

Specific Participant The Use of Adjective The Use of Simple The Use of Adverb
Present Tense

For example: for example: a


Anyer beach, my beautiful beach, a The sentence pattern For example:
house, Borobudur handsome man, the used is simple present Indonesia, Central
temple, My famous place in because it tells the fact Java, Banten etc.
Mother. Jepara, etc. of the object described.
Specific Participant

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in

central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved

its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works

that ever known since long time ago.


The use of adjective
Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in

central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved

its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works

that ever known since long time ago.


The Use of Simple Present Tense
Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in

central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved

its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works

that ever known since long time ago.


The Use of Adverb
Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in

central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved

its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works

that ever known since long time ago.


Thank You

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