DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Descriptive Text

1. Definition

        Descriptive text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information. The context of this text is the description of particular thing, animal, person, or others.

2. The social functions of Descriptive text

        Descriptive text is a text that has social function to describe a particular thing, people, place, or others. It means that descriptive text is used to describe specific thing, person, place, or others.

3. The generic structure of Descriptive text

            a. Identification (Identify phenomenon to be described)

            b. Description     (Describe parts, qualities, characteristics)

            c. Conclusion

4. Lexico grammatical features of Descriptive text

            a. Focus on specific participant

            b. Focus on having verb

            c. Focus on simple present tense.

            d. Focus on adjective