Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text

About People

By A.Ninik Angraeni M.

Questions:

1. do you have an idol?

2. Why do you admire him/her? 

Poll

Who is he?

• Barack Obama

• Messy

• CR7

• PCR

Getting to know Descriptive Text

• SOCIAL FUNCTION

  To describe a particular person, place, or thing.

• TEXT STRUCTURES

  1. Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described (what/who).

  2.  Description: describes parts, qualities, characteristics.

• LANGUAGE FEATURES

  - Focus on specific participant: my teacher, my house, my rabbit, etc.

  - Using Simple present tense. (To be: am, is, are, verb 1: go, goes, write, writes, have, has, etc)

  - Using detailed noun phrase: to give information about subject. she is beautiful girl, he is a diligent student, etc.

  - Using adjectives: smart, happy, young, dark, etc.