Descriptive Text (Place)

What is descriptive text?

• a text that provides facts that is educational and purposeful

• a text that provide steps or procedure to make something

• a text that describe a person, place, or things is like

• an story with problematic events with resolution at the end

Which one is the Generic structure of descriptive text?

• identification & description

• identification & steps

• identification, resolution, and reorientation

• orientation, description

What is the function of the descriptive text?

• States a problem and how to solve

• Re-tell someone experience

• Compare two things

• Describe and reveal a particular topic (person, place, or things)

Which one is NOT the language feature of descriptive text?

• Specific or focus on one topic

• Using simple past tense

• Using simple present tense

• Use adjective to clarify the noun

The function of Identification part is to tell.............

• Showing step or procedure

• Introduce a particular person or things or place

• Moral lesson of the story

• The way participant is solve the problem

The function of Description part is to tell............

• tell the writer's past experience

• entertain the reader or listener

• describe physical appearance, quality, behaviour, etc.

• to solve the problem

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million people. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

What does the above text tell about?

• Kediri's people appearance

• Vivi Intan's hometown

• The description of Kediri

• The history about Kelud mountain

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million people. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

"Those who do not work here” (last sentence). The “those” word refers to….

• Woman labor force

• The local people

• Smoker

• The traders

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near Kampung Kraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar’s past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

What is mainly discussed in the text?

• Banjarnese

• How Banjar people make Soto Banjar

• A historical mosque

• A Kings reign

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near Kampung Kraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar’s past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

From the text we know that....

• Some construction of the mosque takes the local style

• Banjar people burned down the mosque

• There is nothing special from this mosque

• The dutch colonial help to built this mosque