Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text                                                                                     

The Definition and Purpose 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.

The Generic Structure                                                                                

Descriptive text has structure as below:
Identification : identifying the phenomenon to be described.
Description    : describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.

The Language Feature                                                                                        

Using attributive and identifying process.
Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group.
Using simple present tense

The following characteristics :                             

a. explain something special.
b. generally use the simple present tense.
c. use and identifying attributive verb.
     for example have, works, is acres.

example :

My Cat Gregory

     
      Gregory is my beautiful gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance, for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat.
He enjoys TV commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives. His familiarity with cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor of only the most expensive brands.
Gregory is as finicky about visitors as he is about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may snuggle up against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain your favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territory, as many cat experts think, but to humiliate me because he is jealous of my friends.
After my guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling to himself in front of the television set, and I have to forgive him for his obnoxious, but endearing, habits.