DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Presented by:
•Annisa Fujianti
• Fakhri Alfarizi
• M. Riza Fathurahman
• Muhammad Aldo Jaka Satria P
•Raissa Widyasari
•Verena Dea
DEFINITION
o The text lists the characteristics of something.

Its purpose is to describe and reveal a

particular person, animal, place or thing
o A descriptive text wants you to picture what is being described

A nobel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind
GENERIC STRUCTURE

Identification:
Identification
I live with my dad.
• Identifying the phenomenon to be described Description:
• Usually answer the following question: What’s
the topic of the text? What’s the text about? My dad is big. He has spiky black hair and a
moustache. My dad has big dark eyes. His
hobby is
Description playing football. My dad is a great football
player. He
• Describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, runs very fast. I love my dad.
or/and characteristics.

SOCIAL FUNCTION
To describe a particular person, things, or place
LANGUAGE
o It is a language that adds purpose, aesthetic value and emotion to a text

o The writer can describe exactly how a setting looks

how a character behaves or what action is taking place.

o Descriptive language doesn’t need to be flowery or wordy.

 CHARACTERISTICS

Simple Present Tense Adverbs

Metaphors and
Adjective
similes
 Simple Present Tense
o The present tense: often used in this
kind of text.

oThe past tense: to describe a certain

Tense thing which is extinct or not available
nowadays.

o The passive form: can be used in

this case. (Like the past tense)
 Adverbs
TheThe
girlgirl drank
hurriedly thethe
drank juice.
juice.

Adverbs
Helping are descriptive
the reader get a betterwords
visual of
that
what thedescribe a verb.
action might involves.
 Adjectives

o To describe how something feels, looks, sounds, tastes and acts.

- Fried rice is a tasty meal.
 Metaphors and Similes

Simile

Metaphor

o Metaphors and similes are both methods of making comparisons.

o Simile, these comparisons are made using words like “like” or “as”.
o To mention someone swims very fast we can say

- “She swims like a fish”.

 Metaphors and Similes

Simile

Metaphor

o A metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to
one another.

- “The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur”.

EXAMPLEs
 Describe A Particular Place
My lovely home
My house is only five-minutes
work from my school.
It is not very big, but very cozy
and quiet.
This is the place where we can
relax and find our own space.
In our home, we really enjoy
our relaxing time from the
pressure of school and work. It
is home sweet home
 Describe A Particular Person
My favorite teacher
There are about fifty eight
teachers in my school. Most of
them are kind and helpful. But my
favorite one is Mr. Hery , my
English teacher.
Mr. Hery is tall and slim
enough. He is about forty years
old, and wears glasses. Mr. Hery is
always neatly dressed. To school he
rarely carries a briefcase.
Describe A Particular Thing

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.
exercise
 The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is an iron
lattice tower located on the Champ
de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it
1. When was eiffel tower built? has become both a global icon of
2. Why is eiffel tower named France and one of the most
recognizable structures in the
eiffel tower?
world. The tower is the tallest
3. How high the eiffel tower is? building in Paris and the most-
4. When was the antenna added visited paid monument in the
to the tower? world; millions of people ascend it
every year. Named for its designer,
5. How do the visitors reach to engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower
the third level? was built as the entrance arch to
the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands 324
meters (1,063 ft) tall, about the
same height as an 81-story building.
Upon its completion, it surpassed
the Washington Monument to
assume the title of tallest man-
made structure in the world, a title
it held for 41 years, until the
Chrysler Building in New York City
was built in 1930; however, due to
the addition in 1957 of the antenna,
the tower is now taller than the
Chrysler Building. Not including
broadcast antennas, it is the
second-tallest structure in France
after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels
for visitors. Tickets can be
purchased to ascend, by stairs or
lift, to the first and second levels.
The walk to the first level is over
300 steps, as is the walk from the
first to the second level. The third
and highest level is accessible only
by elevator. Both the first and
second levels feature restaurants.
The tower has become the
most prominent symbol of both
Paris and France, often in the
establishing shot of films set in the
city.