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Ms. Nur Widya Ningsih

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 Definition

Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or

a thing is like.

Purpose

To describe person, thing or place in specific

To describe a particular person, thing

Generic Structure

​Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person,

place, animal or object will be described.)

​Description: contains a description of something such as

animal, things, place or person by describing its features,

forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer

describes.

●specific participant : has a certain object, is not
common and unique (only one). for example:
Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple,
uncle Jim

●The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify
the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a
handsome man, the famous place in Jepara, etc.

Language Features

Example

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is one of historical buildings in

Indonesia. It is considered to be the world’s

largest Buddhist temple for its size (15129 m2)

and height (34.5m). It is located in Magelang,

Central Java. Not only it became a well known

tourism destination to a lot of travelers around the

world, Borobudur Temple is also included in

UNESCO list of world heritage site.

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