DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT
- It’s a kind of text with a purpose to give information
- The context of this kind of text is the description of particular thing, animal, person, or others for instance : our pets or a person we know well. It differs from report which describer things, animals, persons, or others in general.
- The social function of Descriptive text is to describe a particular person, place, or thing.
- Generic structure :
a)
Identification
: indentify the phenomenon to be
described
b)
Description :
describe parts, qualities, characteristic, behavior
(personal)
- Languange features :
1)
Descriptive
often uses ‘be’ and ‘have’
2)
Tense which
is often used is Simple Present Tense. Sometimes it uses Past Tense
if the thing to be described doesn’t exist anymore
3)
Significant
Grammatical features : focus on spesific participants use Simple Present Tense
(judul)
4)
Use
descriptive adjectives
5)
Use action
verbs (kata kerja yang menyatakan kegiatan) ‘Material Processes’
6)
Use
figurative languange
- Common words :
a.) For Body :
Tall Slim
Short Thin
Big Lanky
Small Welt-built
Fat Muscular
Obese Average-built
Lean Overweight
b.) For face :
Ø Forehead
Wide
Narrow
Prominent
Ø Eyebrows
Big
Bushy
Sparse
Full
Ø Eyes
Blue,
brown, gree, gray
Big
Small
Large
Tiny
Ø Nose
Long Snub
Short Hooked
Wide Hawkish
Narrow
Ø Lips
Narrow
Full
