The generic structure of a descriptive text

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This is Mr. Wibowo’s house. It is big, clean and comfortable. There is a garden in front of the house. There are some flowers in the garden. There is a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a garage. Mr. Wibowo has same pets, a dog, and a parrot. Mr. Wibowo takes care of the pets very carefully.

The type of the text is…

• Spoof

• Recount

• Narrative

• Procedure

• Description

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This is Mr. Wibowo’s house. It is big, clean and comfortable. There is a garden in front of the house. There are some flowers in the garden. There is a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a garage. Mr. Wibowo has same pets, a dog, and a parrot. Mr. Wibowo takes care of the pets very carefully.

What do you call the first paragraph of the text….

• Event

• Orientation

• Description

• Identification

• General classification

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This is Mr. Wibowo’s house. It is big, clean and comfortable. There is a garden in front of the house. There are some flowers in the garden. There is a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a garage. Mr. Wibowo has same pets, a dog, and a parrot. Mr. Wibowo takes care of the pets very carefully.

The communicative purpose of the text is….

• Mr. Wibowo have some pets

• to persuade reader to keep their house

• to present to point about Haryono's house

• to explain how Mr. Wibowo maintains his house

• to describe the conditions of Mr. Wibowo's house

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This is Mr. Wibowo’s house. It is big, clean and comfortable. There is a garden in front of the house. There are some flowers in the garden. There is a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a garage. Mr. Wibowo has same pets, a dog, and a parrot. Mr. Wibowo takes care of the pets very carefully.

The text organization of the text is….

• orientation, event

• orientation, evaluation

• identification, description

• identification, orientation

• general clarification, description

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This is Mr. Wibowo’s house. It is big, clean and comfortable. There is a garden in front of the house. There are some flowers in the garden. There is a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a garage. Mr. Wibowo has same pets, a dog, and a parrot. Mr. Wibowo takes care of the pets very carefully.

Mr. Wibowo has some pets the are….

• a cat

• a dog

• a snake

• a garden

• a kitchen

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“I have a cat”

Spot is a regular house cat. He is an adorable cat. He is orange with white and black spots. I like to cuddle him because his fur is so soft. Every morning I give Spot milk. He does not like rice. I give him cat food. Spot is an active animal. He likes to run around the house. He likes to chase everyone in my house. When he feels tired, Spot sometimes sleeps on the sofa in the living room or under the table.

what type of the text above….

• report

• recount

• narrative

• procedure

• description

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“I have a cat”

Spot is a regular house cat. He is an adorable cat. He is orange for with white and black spots. I like to cuddle him because his fur is so soft. Every morning I give spot milk. He does not like rice. I give him cat food. Spot is an active animal. He likes to run around the house. He likes to chase everyone in my house when he feels tired, Spot sometimes sleeps on the sofa in the living room or under the table.

Witch the statement is not TRUE according to the text….

• Spot likes rice.

• Spot has white and black spots.

• Spot likes to go around the house.

• Spot likes to chase everyone in the house.

• Spot usually sleeps on the sofa in the living room.

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Victoria C. Beckham

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer – songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled "Intimately Beckham"and a range of handbags and jewelry.

In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

What did Victoria do before being a solo singer?

• Worked as fashion designer

• Married to David Beckham

• Created fashion style

• Joined The Spice Girl

• Wrote many books

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Victoria C. Beckham

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer – songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled "Intimately Beckham"and a range of handbags and jewelry.

In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

We found in the text that ....

• Beckham is Victoria's autobiography

• Posh Spice is the title of her new album

• Victoria named her fragrance by dVb style

• Spice Girls is Victoria's label for her wardrobe

• Beckham is Victoria's brand for her fragrance

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Victoria C. Beckham

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer – songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled "Intimately Beckham"and a range of handbags and jewelry.

In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

Based on the text, what do we know about Victoria?

• She is an ordinary woman

• She is a multi-talented woman

• She designed The Spice Girls

• She married to an ordinary person

• She arranged many songs for The Spice Girls