— Descriptive text is a text that explains or describes people, animals or an object in terms of its shape, characteristics, number and so on. The purpose of descriptive text is to explain, describe, or reveal a person or thing
— Descriptive Text Structure (Generic structure)
Identification (identification) is an introduction, in the form of a general description of a topic. Description contains special characteristics possessed by the object, place, or person being described. For example, characteristics, physical appearance, and other things that are written specifically.
— Characteristics of Descriptive Text
• Verbs used are attribute verbs, such as be (am, is, are)
• The tense used is simple present tense
• Only focus on one object.
Simple present tense: uses the basic verb or the first form (verb 1) and uses a verb that can show the ownership or state of an object. Descriptive text uses the simple present tense because descriptive text tells a fact about the object being described. For example, My office has 22 floors, Azka is pretty, and others.
Action verbs: Using verbs that indicate an activity or an activity that can be seen. For example, sleep, walk, sing, dance, etc.
Figurative language: Using figurative language or describing something, usually using a metaphor to illustrate to the reader.
Exercise Descriptive Text :
Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object 12 Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest.
It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic areA. Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.
1. What is the function of paragraph 1?
A. as an identification
B. as an orientation
C. as a thesis
D. as a classification
E. as an abstract
2. The text above is in form of………….
A. hortatory exposition
B. narrative
C. description
D. report
E. explanation
3.What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. to present two points of views about natural bridge national park
B. to explain the bridge national park
C. to describe the bridge national park
D. to retell the bridge national park
E. to persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park
4. Where is the natural bridge national park located?
A. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
B. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
C. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
D. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park
E. 110 kilometers from Nerang
5. What the visitors will see in the night?
A. a common glow worm
B. the unique feature of the glow worms
C. a great dark cave
D. the unique rocks
E. the fantastic bridge
UH Part 6 : Descriptive text
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