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.
