Describing People

Describing People

by Sari Indah Dewi

​What we will discuss:

• ​Social Function

• Generic Structure

• Language Feature

• Example​

What is Descriptive Text?

Descriptive text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information.

The context of this kind of text is​ description of particular thing, animal, person and others

​Generic Structure

​1. Paragraph of Identification

​ identify about the thing that you are going the discribe.

​ I have a close friend

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​2. Paragraphs of Description

​ Detail Information about the thing with the characteristic

​ She is beautiful and trendy

​ She like her a new stylist shoes

​ She is really mad on her shoes

​Language Feature

​1. Focusing on a specific participant.

2. Using adjective.

3. Using noun phrase.

4. Using linking verb.

5. Using attributive and identifying process.

6. Using epithets and classifiers in nominal group.

7. Using simple present tense.

​Example

​Look at the example beside, the try to answer the questions.

​1. Who is being describe in the text?

​2. What does Daniel look like?

​3. What does he love?

​4. When does Daniel born?

​5. Who is his parents?

Thank You​