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Descriptive Text. What is a Descriptive text?. Descriptive tex t is a text which says what a person or thing is like . Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. The Generic Structure of a descriptive text.
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What is a Descriptive text? Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
The Generic Structure of a descriptive text Identification: identifying the phenomenon to be described. Description: describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or /and characteristics
Language Features • Using attributiveand identifying process • Using adjectivesand classifiers in nominal groups • Using simple present tense • Using nouns, example teacher, house, my cat, etc. • Detailed noun phraseuntukmemberikaninformasitentangsubyek, misalnyaIt was a large open rowboat, a sweet young lady, dsb. • Berbagaimacamadjectives yang bersifatdescribing, classifying, numbering,misalnyatwo strong legs, sharp white fangs, dsb • Thinking verbs danfeeling verbs untukmengungkapkanpandanganpribadipenulistentangsubyek, misalnyaPolice believe the suspect is armed, I think it is a clever animal, dsb • Action verbs, misalnyaOur new puppy bites our shoes, dsb. • Adverbials, untukmemberikaninformasitambahantentangperilakutsb, misalnyafast, at the tree house, dsb. • Bahasafigurativesepertisimile, metafor, misalnyaJohn is as white as chalk, sat tight, dsb
