descriptive text

 

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.

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 describing 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….

Example of Descriptive Text 

My Small House

I live in a small house. It has five rooms: there are two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Indeed it is a small house; but I like living in here for wasting my spare time.

When the door is open, I can see the living room. It is so small with only three chairs and a table, nothing else. I prefer reading a novel in this room.

My bedroom is in the left side of the living room. In this room there is a night table next to the bed, a TV, a radio, and a computer. When being bored of reading, I usually play online games, chat with my friends via Facebook and so on.

Next to my bedroom is my mother’s. I do not know what is inside because I never come in to see it. In the right side of the living room there is the kitchen. In the kitchen I have everything I need when I get hungry. It is very pleasure when my mother cooks, the smell fills my whole house.

I know it is a very small house; but it is the best place I have ever seen.

 

Part 1 

Historical Buildings 

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.

PART 2 

RECREATION PLACES  

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works that ever known since long time ago.

          Borobudur temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty during the eighth century. It needed more than two million river stones. It is the biggest temple in the world.

          After going into some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. Most of them admire Borobudur temple because of its beauty, its elegance and the story of the relief on its walls.

          Domestic tourists usually go there by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists like to join travel bureau because they don’t need to think of the transportation, accommodation, and itinerary. There are some money changers around the location. It makes them easier to change their money. But some of them like to bring credit cards and checks.

CONCLUTION

Definition of Descriptive Text ; which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

The structure : 

-Identification 

-Description : Charateristic and Activity

Linguistic Elements : 

- Present Tense, 

- Passive voice, 

-Adverb 

- Adjective 

- Figurative language. 

EXERCISE

Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Budhist temple completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelveth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mithology within the mouth and has an outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.

1. What is the monolog about?

A.  Gallery complex.

B.  Buddhist mythology.

C.  Cambodia.

D.  Khmer Empire.

E.  Angkor Wat.

2. In the twelveth century which Empire was strong enough to build the biggest temple of the world?

A.  Old Empire.

B.  Yosadapura Empire.

C.  Meru Empire.

D.  The King Empire.

E.  Khmer Empire 

Paris is the capital city of FrancE. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the worlD. It is also one of the world’s most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the city of light. Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. D’Louvre, one of the world‘s largest art museums draws many visitors. The Cathedral Notre Dame, a famous church, is an other favourite place to visit. 

3. What is the monologue about?

A. Paris

B. The Louvre

C. Notre Dame

D. The crowded city

E. The city of light

4. What has become the symbol of Paris?

A. The Louvre

B. The Cathedral

C. The Eiffel Tower

D. The lovely garden

E. The light structure

This museum is located in Ambarawa in central JavA. The musseum focuses on the collection of steam locomotivE. Ambarawa was a military city during the dutch colonial government. King Willem I ordered the construction of the new railway station to enable the government to transport it’s troops to Semarang. On may the 21st 1873, the Ambarawa railway station was built on 100,027,500 squares meter lanD. Back then it was known as the Willem I station. The Ambarawa railway museum was established much later on October 16, 1976 in the Ambarawa station to preserve the steam locomotivE. They were coming to the end of their useful life when the 3 feet 6 inches guard railway or the Indonesian state railway or Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api was closeD. The steam locomotives are parked in the open air next to the original station.

5. What was the Ambarawa called during the dutch colonial government?

A. A military city

B. A railway museum,

C. A new railway town,

D. King Willem I station.

E. Steam locomotives station, 

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