Descriptive Texts

Descriptive Texts

​Discuss these questions with your partner.

1. What is the name of the food?

2. Where is the food from?

3. What is the main ingredients of the food?

4. Do you agree that the food is called the best food in the world?

5. Have you ever cooked this food?

​a. building knowledge of THE TEXT

b. modeling of the text

​Descriptive Texts

​ Descriptive Texts is a text that aims to explain, describe, or describe something. This thing can take the form of anything, bE it animals, objects, locations, and so on.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Texts

1. Identification

This section, located in the first paragraph, aims to identify an object to be described. Identification serves to introduce the reader to the object that we are going to explain, before we tell about the object in more detail in the next paragraph.

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2. Description

This section, located in the second paragraph and so on, contains the characteristics inherent in something that you have introduced to the reader in the first paragraph.

Adjectives are used because descriptive text will explain the properties of an object, human, or animal.

The language feature of descriptive texts:

1. Using simple present tense

Descriptive uses the simple present tense to explain a fact or truth contained in a thing or person.

2. Using verb

Verb is a type of verb that tries to connect to the explanation of the noun that is the subject, such as be, have, seem.

3. Using adjective

Adjectives are known by adjectives, such as good-bad, big-small. Adjectives are used because descriptive text will explain the properties of an object, human, or animal.

​ Gudeg

Gudeg is a special food from Yogyakarta's Special Region that is made from young jackfruit cooked with coconut milk and a high number of specific spices and seasonings used in the boiling process. Gudeg color is primarily determined by the spices used. Because the meat of young jackfruit has no distinct flavor, these spices give the predominant flavor of gudeg. Gudeg is available in a range of colors, starting from almost white or light beige to dark red or brown.

This product's color differences have created nicknames for the two types of gudeg, white gudeg and red gudeg. The white gudeg variation is made with spices that do not significantly alter the color of the original product: lumbang, coriander, galangal, ginger, shallot, garlic, and black pepper. Other spices and seasonings are added to red gudeg in addition to the preceding ingredients, given the result jackfruit porridge a deeper color. The red color is often taken from teak and Moringa oleifera leaves, which are combined with shrimp paste to produce a red-brown tint. Furthermore, in modern Indonesia, teabags are occasionally added to meals during the boiling process to give gudeg a deeper color and a more powerful sour flavor. After the food has been cooked, the tea is removed. Palm sugar is commonly used as a sweetener in all forms of gudeg, including dry and wet gudeg, as well as red and white gudeg. This sweet flavor is characteristic of gudeg.

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Gudeg can be canned or packed in a besek (bamboo box) or kendil (clay jar). Although frozen gudeg can last up to a year, it does not taste as wonderful as freshly cooked gudeg. Gudeg comes in numerous varieties, including dry, wet, Yogyakarta style, Solo style, and East Java style. The dry gudeg has only a small amount of coconut milk and a small amount of gravy. Wet gudeg is made with additional coconut milk. The most popular gudeg is from Yogyakarta and is often sweeter, drier, and red in color due to the use of teak leaves as a color agent. Gudeg solo from Surakarta is more watery and gravy, with a lot of coconut milk and a pale tint since teak leaves are not usually used.

​c. joint construction of the text

C. Independent Construction of the Text

Look at the picture below, then described it with your words and work independently.

Multiple Choice

What is the monolog about?

• Nasi Goreng

• Tumpeng

• Rendang

• Gudeg

Multiple Choice

What is the shape of Tumpeng?

• Round

• Rectangle

• Cone

• Square

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the text?

• Tumpeng is a popular and traditional Javanese meal

• Tumpeng is commonly eaten

• Tumpeng can be found anywhere

• Tumpeng made with meat

Multiple Choice

What side dishes are in the tumpeng?

• cakes, shredded, fried soybeans, omelet / fried eggs, cucumber cut crosswise, and celery leaves

• vegetables and chicken

• fried eggs, fish and celery

• only chicken

Multiple Choice

The cone-shaped of Tumpeng is meant to resemble a mountain, namely?

• Andong Mountain

• Semeru Mountain

• Merapi Mountain

• Mahameru Mountain

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym of ancient?

• Old

• Future

• Now

• Tommorow

Multiple Choice

The main idea of ​​the paragraph above is?

• Paragraph 1 line 10

• Paragraph 1 line 11

• Paragraph 1 line 12

• Paragraph 1 line 13

Multiple Choice

The structure of the descriptive text whose contents are the topic to be described is the part of?

• Descriptive

• Introduction

• Orientation

• Re-orientation

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1 is explain?

• Introduction

• Explanation

• Description

• Orientation

Multiple Choice

A business that operates in the food sector is called...

• culinary

• seafood

• courfood

• tourism