Definition of Descriptive Text
Descriptive
Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like.
Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or
thing. In a broad sense, description, as explained by Kane (2000: 352), is
defined like in the following sentence:
Description is about sensory experience—how something looks,
sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description
also deals with other kinds of perception.
But in particular, the descriptive text is, “…… is a text which says
what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal
a particular person, place, or thing.”
So, it can be said that this descriptive text is a text that explains
about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its
properties, its amount and others. The purpose of the descriptive
text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an
object, either abstract or concrete.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures
(actually not mandatory) for our writing to be true. The arrangement
is:
- Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person,
place, animal or object will be described.)
- Description: contains a description of something such as
animal, things, place or person by decribing its features, forms,
colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.
Purpose of Descriptive text
- To describe person, thing or place in specific
- To describe a particular person, thing or place.
Language Feature of Descriptive Text
- Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and
unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house,
Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
- The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for
example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place
in jepara, etc
- The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is
simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.
- Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run,
sleep, walk, cut etc
Examples
Colosseum
Colosseum is the remains of the Flavian Amphitheatre. It is located in the center of Rome, Italy. The construction process began under the Flavian dynasty. It is the biggest amphitheatre in the world and it is considered to be the greatest work of the Roman architect. Nowadays it is the most visited tourism object in Rome.
Colloseum was an eliptical construction of wall surrounding an eliptical arena where various of shows were held as an entertainment for the citizen of Rome. But now what we can see from the building is the remains of the ruin, most of the wall is no longer intact. The building is made of concrete and sand. The size of the building is 29.484 square meters and the size of the arena is 24.000 square meters. The outer wall’s height is 545 meters, and the height of the inner wall is 48 meters. There are 80 entrance that we can use to enter the building, 4 of this entrance, located on each axis of the ellipse shape of the building, was used for noble and elite only.
The arena is in the center of the building and it is lower than the seat of the audience. The Colloseum could hold up to 50.000 spectators which will occupy a descending level style of seats. The first level of the seats, which is the closest one to the arena, is used by the Emperor and high rank official of Rome. The higher the seat gets the lower the level of the audience became. The arena’s floor that used to made of wood and covered by sand has broken, showing the underground structure consist of secret passage, rooms and animal’s cages where The Gladiator and the beast stayed before the competition. This underground structure is called hypogeum.
DUFAN
Dufan or fantasy world is a place of entertainment or tourist spots Jakarta, precisely in the area of Ancol Dream Park, North Jakarta. Dufan became a destination for recreation for the citizens of Jakarta and outside Jakarta or even tourists from foreign countries, either with family or friends – a good friend of children, young people, even parents. Lots of visitors there so the atmosphere in there was very crowded. Moreover, if the holiday season arrives then we have to be patient to wait. That is queuing up to buy the entrance ticket. Here surely belonged to the influx of expensive tickets like other tourist attractions. But of course this is comparable to what we will get. Here a great many popular games and of course very exciting. So it’s not surprising if With this exciting game, surely this makes dufan as a superior tourist attractions in jakarta. Dufan has become the preferred entertainment for the entire family and not boring for a visit at the dufan place very clean. There is no waste in the waste. In Dufan place also is very interesting. The plant there in pieces so pretty and funny because even writings shaped animals. There also exists a writing “Dufan“ which is often used by visitors to take pictures. If you want toget a good picture, surely we have to queue up to take pictures. In addition visitors can also take pictures with the clown that is in dufan. Usually most yng clown photo is visitors children.
After we entered the region dufan then we will see one of the vehicle i.e. turangga or carousel. Why can it be so? Because of the location of the spacecraft is right in front of the entrance. The carousel is very big and it is very menakjukan. If we want to up the merry-go-round that we should patiently queue up again because of course many visitors waiting in line to ascend the rides on this one. This game we could enjoy while relaxing with vacation time circling above the horses or the bleachers under exposure to the rays of a variety of colorful lights.
The second probe can enjoy is skewed. Leaning House because the building is named after this one is indeed sloping shape. There all goods are positioned tilted even lantainyapun also tilted. People who entered the House tilts so inclined will also run well. And in order not to fall we should be walking with heart heart or we can also mutually holding in order to easy to fall.
Then we can proceed with other kewahana that is a greenhouse. In it there are many glass so it will make visitors so confuse to find a way out. Here we also have to be extra careful careful because why? Later we can just crash into the glass. If that happens, we could be embarrassed later.
Next up is the vehicle of the Thunderbolt. This probe is one of extreme rides here. The game is of course very exciting and test our adrenaline sangan. The game is very in demand for visitors who have guts. Actually this is just lightning in the form of a regular train rides. But that makes it very daunting because of the very high and drove at high speed there’s even a rail line with a round-shaped so that at the time of passing through it we seem to feel downward, there is also a rail line with derivatives or climbs very high, in fact there is alsoa line that swooped. But don’t worry just lost heart for the standard,here there are also rides the Thunderbolt kid. Although the same same drove at high speed but at least the trajectory of the spacecraft is short and also low enough so it is safe for visitors who are afraid of heights. But for those who love the height we can ride rides hysteria. We will be at an altitude of about 200 metres and then would slide down in a few seconds and then slid upwards and then downwards again and keep repeating so of course this game will make the visitors screamed hysterically.
After that we can also relax again in the Ferris wheel rides. Ferris wheel at the dufan is high so that when we are at the top so we can see the extent of the area of dufan. And when at the top also is presented is very beautiful scenery. Here is also very suitable for couples because the atmosphere is very romantic.
Furthermore, we can take a Kora-Kora. This game keeps visitors as though were on Board then we tossed blindly at the actions of the waves. Many visitors feel dizzy and nauseous after getting into a vehicle.
In addition to the kora – kora we will also made dizzy by the Tornadoo. In this game we want to play the playlist, swing over down in the playlist many times so we as sports were in the middle of the vortex of a tornado.
And then there are still definite rides make visitors into giddy IE. Vehicle Ontang–Antin
Question
Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million people. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.
Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.
1. What does the above text tell about?
A. The history of Kediri
B. The famous products of Kediri
C. The description of Kediri
D. The people
2. Which one has a distinctive taste?
A. The cigarette
B. The special food
C. The bean curd
D. The highly nutritious food
3. "Those who do not work here ..." (last sentence). The underlined word refers to ....
A. The local people
B. The factory workers
C. The farmers
D. The traders
Barack Obama is the president of United States. He is an African-American. He is tall and thin. He is bald. He has dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.
He is the first black man who becomes the president of United States. He is known as a smart and wise man. He is a loving husband for his wife and a good father for his two children. People from all over the world adore him because of his spirit and action in creating peace in this world. He also looks friendly because he always smiles a lot.
4. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To persuade the readers to choose him in the election
B. To entertain the readers about the story of Barack Obama
C. To report the life of the president of United States of America
D. To describe Barack Obama's physical appearance and personality
5. "... dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face." The antonym of the underlined word is ....
A. Flat
B. Short
C. Straight
D. Handsome
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