DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Emilia Trias Ananda
Oktober 24, 2013
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Goal/Purpose
of Text:
To
describe a particular phenomenon
of people, thing and landscape.
Generic
Structure :
a.
Identification : introduce who, where or what is being described.
b.
Description : describes
·
parts : size, volume, body
·
quality : standard, superiority
·
character : attitude, behavior, act
Language feature
of the text :
1. Pronouns:
I, you, he, we, they
2. Nouns :
book, shirt, table
3. Noun
Phrase : white house, green house, global warming
4. Adjectives
: hot, blue, lazy, beautiful
5. Preposition
: in, at, on, under, in front of
6. Adverbs :
eagerly, happily, now
7. Linking
verbs : is, am, are
8. Present
tense : come, visit, get
9. Attribute
: has, have
10. Using adjectives
and compound adjectives. E.g. Debby is brown- skinned. Debby looks attractive and
beautiful
11. Using
special technical terms
12. Using
action verb
13. Focus on
Specific Participant
Some
examples of descriptive text:
My
House
My house is on Jl. Kartini. It is
big and nice.
It
has two floors. It has a living room, a small kitchen, and a bathroom on the
first floor. On the second floor there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. My
parents’ bedroom is big. My brother’s room is next to my room. My room is small
but I like it. It has light green wall. There is a desk with a computer on it.
I do homework there. There is also a nice garden in front of my house and I
often play in the garden. We love our house.
My
Bombi
Bombi is my playful black cat. (Identification)
My
Bombi is small but fat. It has soft and black fur. Bombi has a long tail. Its
eyes are round. It looks cute. It is always near me.(Identification)
This cat is always playful. It likes
playing with anything. It sometimes plays with me. It likes playing with a ball
very much. It is very clever. Sometimes it is very naughty.(Description)
PENJELASAN
:
1. Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks:
Mendeskripsikan ciri-ciri seseorang, benda atau
tempat tertentu.
(b) Struktur Teks:
Ø Pengenalan benda, orang atau sesuatu yang akan
dideskripsikan.
Ø Deskripsi: menggambarkan ciri-ciri benda
tersebut,misalnya berasal dari mana, warnanya, ukurannya, kesukaannya dsb.
Deskripsi ini hanya memberikan informasi mengenai benda atau
orang
tertentu yang sedang dibahas saja, misalnya deskripsi tentang ‘My Dog’.
Ciri-ciri ‘anjing saya’ tersebut dapat berbeda dengan anjing yang lain.
(c) Ciri Kebahasaan:
Menggunakan:
Ø nouns tertentu,
misalnya teacher, house,my cat, dsb.
Ø simple
present tense.
Ø detailed
noun phrase untuk memberikan informasi tentang subjek, misalnya It was a
large open rowboat, a sweet young lady, dsb.
Ø berbagai macam adjectives, yang bersifat describing,
numbering, classifying, misalnya, two strong legs, sharp white fangs, dsb.
Ø relating
verbs untuk memberikan informasi tentang subjek, misalnya, My mum is realy
cool, It has very thick fur, dsb.
Ø thinking verbs dan feeling verbs untuk mengungkapkan pandangan pribadi penulis
tentang subjek, misalnya Police believe the suspect is armed, I think
it is a clever animal, dsb.
Ø action verbs, misalnya Our new puppy bites our shoes, dsb.
Ø abverbials untuk memberikan informasi tambahan tentang perilaku tersebut, misalnya fast,
at the tree house, dsb.
bahasa figurative, seperti simile,
metafor, misalnya John is white as chalk, sat tight, dsb.
