Descriptive Text by Fikri Dermawan

​11th Grade | Senior High School

​Descriptive Text

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​Learning objective

​At the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to:

• Identify the definition, structure, and language features of a descriptive text.

• Differentiate the structure of the identification and description section in descriptive text.

• Implement language features in descriptive text properly and correctly.

• Arranging descriptive text according to the structure and language features properly and correctly.

• Do you know this person?

• What does he looks like?

A descriptive text is a text that aims to explain or describe something. This can take any form, be it an animal, object, location, etc.

Multiple Choice

What is the structure of Descriptive Text?

• Identification and Description

• Orientation, Event, and Reorientation

• Orientation, Identification, and Complication

• Description and Resolution

Identification:

Explain the topic or identify what or who wants to be described.

The structure of Descriptive Text

Description:

Explain the detail of the topic: describing parts, qualities, and characteristics.

Poll

Ghanim Muhammad Al-Muftah is a Qatary Youtuber and philanthropist with caudal regression syndrome. Al Muftah was born in Qatar with a rare condition known as caudal regression syndrome, a congenital disorder in which the foetal development of the lower body is abnormal.

The sentence with the orange color is part of the . . . in descriptive text.

• Identification

• Description

Poll

Ghanim Muhammad Al-Muftah is a Qatary Youtuber and philanthropist with caudal regression syndrome. Al Muftah was born in Qatar with a rare condition known as caudal regression syndrome, a congenital disorder in which the foetal development of the lower body is abnormal.

The sentence with the green color is part of the . . . in descriptive text.

• Identification

• Description

The simple present tense is one of several forms of the present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.

Simple Present Tense

Language Features of Descriptive Text

​(+) S + Verb + Object ...

(-) S + don't/doesn't + Verb + Obejct ...

(?) Do/does + S + Verb + Object?

We play badminton

He doesn't like badminton

Is he play badminton?

​FORM

​Example

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often. Adverbs of time are invariable.

Adverb of Time

Language Features of Descriptive Text

• Soon

• Always

• Often

• Weekly

• Atul always has blueberry cheesecake from Glen’s Bakehouse.

• The teacher asked the students to fill in the consent forms immediately.

• Weekly

• Annually

• Immediately

• Quarterly

Example

Adjectives describe the aspects of nouns. When an adjective is describing a noun, we say it is "modifying" it.

Adjective

Language Features of Descriptive Text

• Sweet

• Good

• Clever

• Beautiful

• Confident

• Ambitious

• Brave

• Elegant

​Example

• She is good singer

• He is very ambitious to achieve his goals

Multiple Choice

Which one is not the adverb of time?

• She stayed in the Bears' house all day.

• He never drinks milk.

• Jim has been working here since 1997.

• Luna loved to sleep late at night.

Multiple Choice

These are the adjectives, except

• Flawless

• Fierce

• Fiance

• Finest

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does not use simple present tense?

• She understands English.

• He went to the Cinema.

• She enjoys playing the piano.

• It mixes the sand and the water.

​Thank You