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Descriptive text
The definition of descriptive text
Descriptive text, as the name suggests, 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.
Descriptive text means a type of English
text which contains a detailed description of an
object.
Purpose of descriptive text
The purpose of writing a descriptive text is to
describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
In the book College Academic Writing: A Genre-
Based Perspective (2017) by Dr. I Wy. Dirgeyasa,
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text is to describe a person, place or thing in such a
way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind.
Characteristics of descriptive text
There are several characteristics that need to be considered when writing
descriptive text:
Simple present
To describe something,
the sentence is usually
not tied to a time
reference. So, the tense
used is simple present
tense, namely the tense
that uses the first form
of the verb (V-1).
Nouns and noun phrases
To describe
something, generally
there will be a noun
(noun) and a noun
phrase (noun phrase).
Nouns generally
consist of one word,
while noun phrases
are nouns and their
modifiers.
Adjectives
To explain or describe
objects, we can use
adjectives or
adjectives. This
adjective can also be
used as a modifier in a
noun phrase.
Linking verbs
Linking Verb is a word that
is positioned to be a verb
and functions to connect
the subject and an
explanation of that subject.
Examples of relating verbs
that are commonly used
are is, are, have, has,
seem, appear, mean,
become and others
Adverbials
Adverbials are words or
phrases that explain verbs.
Usually adverbials are used
when the object being
described is a living object.
Action verbs
Action verbs are verbs
that show action.
Usually, this type of
verb is used when
describing living
objects. Examples of
action verbs are run,
walk, see, listen, eat,
and others.
Structure of descriptive text
In descriptive text, the parts that need to be written are:
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.
His name is Cristiano Ronaldo. We
can call him as Ronaldo. But,
Madridista (Real Madrid's fans) often
calls him CR7. CR is the abbreviation
of Cristiano Ronaldo, and 7 is his
shirt number when playing for both
Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Description
Ronaldo was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal on 5
The next paragraph is
February 1985. His father's name is Jose Dinis Aveiro. His
the description. This
mother's name is Maria Dolores Dos Santos Aveiro. He has one
section describes the
brother, Hugo, and two sisters, Elma and Liliana Catia.
characteristics of the
Cristiano Ronaldo is a famous footballer. He is from Portugal, a
object that were
country in Europe. Before playing for Real Madrid, he has played for
explained at the Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United.
beginning of the text.
Cristiano Ronaldo is tall and thin. His height is 185 cm tall.
In this section, the
He has brown eyes. He has short black hair. He has small nose.
object must be He has a nice smile. He has small tabs. He has big mouth. He is
described in as much muscular. He has olive-skinned. He has small ears. He has no
detail as possible so moustache. He has full lips. He has handsome. He has favourite
that the food, it is Bacalhau a Braz (Portuguese Cuisines).
characteristics of the People knows Cristiano Ronaldo is a good football player. He
object can be clearly can run fast and dribble well. As a striker, he becomes a goal
depicted in the getter for Manchester United and Real Madrid along his career.
reader's mind. He can get more than 30 goals every season.
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