Descriptive Text
SLAMET YULIYANTO
Understanding
Descriptive
Text
As the name suggests, it is
descriptive, taken from the word
describe. The definition of describe
quoted from the Macmillan
Dictionary is to give details about
what someone or something is like.
Purpose of
Descriptive Text
The purpose of writing a
descriptive text is to describe
and reveal a particular
person, place, or thing.
Characteristics of
Descriptive Text
Simple Nouns and Noun
Present
When describing something,
Phrases
When describing something,
the sentence is usually not generally there will be a
tied to a time reference. So, noun and a noun phrase.
the tense used is simple Nouns generally consist of
present tense, namely the one word, while noun
tense that uses the first phrases are nouns and their
form of the verb (V1). modifiers.
Subject + V1 (s/es) + object
He lives on Semarang
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Use of S/ES
in Simple Present
Tense
Verb 1 Addition of S/Es
Work Works
Go Goes
Study Studies
Noun and Noun
Phrases
Noun + Noun : water bottle, school bag, etc.
Noun + of + Noun : Student of class A.
Determiner + Adj + Noun : A hot coffee.
Determiner + Adv + Adj + Noun : An
amazingly talented person
V-ing + Noun : Swimming pool, walking
stick.
V3 + Noun : Hidden treasure, cooked meals.
Characteristics of
Descriptive Text
Adjectives Relating Verbs
Relating verb (copula) is a word
To explain or describe that is positioned to be a verb and
objects, we can use functions to connect the subject
and an explanation of that subject.
adjectives or adjectives.
Examples of relating verbs that are
This adjective can also commonly used are is, are, have,
be used as a modifier in has, seem, appear, mean, become
and others.
a noun phrase.
Is, Are, Have, Has, Seem, Appear,
Beautiful, brave, clever. Mean, Become, Look, Feel.
Characteristics of
Descriptive Text
Action Verbs Adverbials
Action verbs are verbs
that show action. Usually Adverbials are words or
this type of verb is used phrases that explain
when describing living verbs. Usually
objects. Examples of adverbials are used
action verbs are run,
when the object being
walk, see, listen, eat, and
described is a living
others.
object.
Run, Eat, Think, Jump.
Adverbials
Adverbials of Manner: He slept peacefully.
Adverbials of Place: I always go abroad for
my holidays.
Adverbials of Time: He was born in 1990.
Structure of
Descriptive Text
Identification Description
Identification
The first paragraph of
descriptive text is
identification, the aim of which
is to identify the object being
discussed. This section is not
yet a detailed part of the
object.
Description
The next paragraph is the description.
This section describes the
characteristics of the object that were
explained at the beginning of the text.
In this section, the object must be
described in as much detail as possible
so that the characteristics of the
object can be clearly depicted in the
reader's mind.
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting is a men's singles
badminton player, who comes from SGS PLN
Bandung club, Indonesia. He started his career
as an accomplished badminton player since he
was in elementary school and won the MILO
School Competition in the elementary boys'
singles category in 2008.
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