Descriptive Text

Descriptive
Text

Ghina Yuliana Nafi’ah

What is Descriptive Text ?

01

Descriptive text is a text
that explain or describes
people, animals, place or object in detail.

To describe a

particular

person, thing or

place

Purposes

To describe

person, thing or
place in specific

02

Generic Structures

Identification

Description

03

Language Features

Adjectives

1.Opinion Adjectives

2.Fact Adjectives

Adverb of
Frequency

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Never

Every

Simple Present

Tense

04

Example

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.

Borobudur temple consists of six square floors and three circular floors which
arranged accordingly and make it to be stair-like layers that you have to climb one by one to reach the top of the temple. In the middle of the floor, you will find small
stairwell with couples of stairs connecting each floor that you can use as a passage to go to the top. On each level of the floor, there are a lot of relief panels and Buddha statues spread around it. Based on the data, there are 2.672 panels and 504 statues in total. There is a dome located on the top center of the temple and is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. It is said that, if you place your hand into the stupa through one of its hole and you can touch the Buddha statue, you will be able to make one of your dream come true.

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