DESCRIPTIVE TEXT.pdf

includes material about descriptive text

1. descriptive text
IT'S A TOUR TIME

2. HELP ME PLEASE...
Lisa is living in a new environment. She’s
just moved from Jakarta to Bandung. Now,
she is living in her new environment.
Today, she is going to do her homework
with her friend, Sasha. But, she finds it
difficult to find Sasha's house. Can you
help Lisa to draw Sahsa's house based on
the description??

3. Figuring out the picture
based on description
Learning the concept of
descriptive text
Exercise
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES

4. can you describe this
picture?

5. can you describe this
picture?

6. can you describe this
picture?

7. descriptive
text
Definition
Social
Function
Language
Features
Generic
Structure

8. definition
Descriptive Text is
a text which says
what a person or a
thing is like.

9. social function
Social function of
descriptive text is to
describe and reveal
a particular person,
place, or thing.

10. 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 decribing its features, forms, colors, or
anything related to what the writer describe.
generic structure

11. language
features
Specific
participant
certain object,
unique, only one,
example:
Bandengan beach,
my house,
Borobudur temple,
uncle Jim
Use
adjective
examples:
beautiful, amazing,
great, wonderful,
famous, fantastic,
etc.
Action verb
example, run, sleep,
walk, cut etc.
Use Simple
Present tense
tobe: are, am, is
V 1 / V 1+s/es
do / does
don't / doesn't

12. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE

13. identification

14. description

15. LET'S
ANALYZE
What is the
social
function of
the text?
participant/object
described.
adjectives
simple present
tense
action verbs.
Show...
Identify the
structure of
the text.

16. Thank You
for listening!
Write your ending statement here