Descriptive Text

Tugu Pahlawan is a historical monument located on Jalan Pahlawan, Surabaya.

This famous landmark in Surabaya stands 40.5 meters tall with 10 sides. The monument ________ to commemorate the heroic struggle of the people of Surabaya.

• builds

• is building

• is built

• was built

• were built

Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Budhist temple completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelveth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mithology within the mouth and has an outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.

What is the text about?

• Gallery complex.

• Buddhist mythology

• Cambodia

• Khmer Empire

• Angkor Wat

The name of Raja Ampat (Raja means king, and empat means four) comes from local mythology that tells of a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven hatch and become kings who occupy four of Raja Ampat's biggest islands whilst the other three become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.

History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after the Dutch invaded Maluku, it was claimed by the Netherlands.

The first recorded sighting and landing by Europeans of the Ampat Islands was by the Portuguese navigator Jorge de Menezes and his crew in 1526, en route from Biak, the Bird's Head Peninsula, and Waigeo, to Halmahera (Ternate).

The English explorer William Dampier gave his name to Dampier Strait, which separates Batanta island from Waigeo island. To the east, there is a strait that separates Batanta from Salawati. In 1759 Captain William Wilson sailing in the East Indiaman Pitt navigated these waters and named a strait the 'Pitt strait', after his vessel; this was probably the channel between Batanta and Salawati.

Where is the location of raja ampat?

• West Papua

• Kalimantan

• North Sulawesi

• Aceh

• North Sumatra

The name of Raja Ampat (Raja means king, and empat means four) comes from local mythology that tells of a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven hatch and become kings who occupy four of Raja Ampat's biggest islands whilst the other three become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.

History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. after the Dutch invaded Maluku, it was claimed by the Netherlands.

The statements are not true based on the text are ...

• The Raja Ampat comes from Local mythology

• Raja Ampat wasn't once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore

• The story of raja ampat tells of a woman who finds seven eggs

• Raja ampat was claimed by the Netherlands after the Dutch invaded Maluku

• History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore

Below are the Language Feature of Descriptive Text, except ...

• Specific participant

• Use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun

• Use simple present tense

• Use action verb

• Use imperative sentence

Lawang Sewu is one of the famous historical buildings in Indonesia. It is named Lawang Sewu which means a thousand doors. Besides its thousand doors, it is also well known for the fascinating stained glass windows representing theDutch Symbolism. The stained glass windows are similar with those of the places like The Hague and Rotterdam and also the Royal family.

The building has numerous long winding corridors which open out to the offices on one side of the officeand theother end of the building on the otherhand. It isa famous landmark in the region of Semarang anda pride for Java.

Lawang Sewu is one of the famous historical buildings in Indonesia. The synonym of the underlined word is…

• talented

• well-known

• beautiful

• attract

• Sweet

Lawang Sewu is one of the famous historical buildings in Indonesia. It is named Lawang Sewu which means a thousand doors. Besides its thousand doors, it is also well known for the fascinating stained glass windows representing theDutch Symbolism. The stained glass windows are similar with those of the places like The Hague and Rotterdam and also the Royal family.

The building has numerous long winding corridors whichopenout to the offices on one side of the officeand theother end of the building on the otherhand. It isa famous landmark in the region of Semarang anda pride for Java.

The purpose of the text above is …

• to describe the lawang sewu

• to entertain the writer

• to retell about the Lawang Sewu.

• to teach the reader how

• to visit Lawang Sewu.

Below are definition about Descriptive text except....

• Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like

• Descriptive text is a text that purpose is to describe. and reveal a particular person, place, or thing

• Descriptive Text is a text to describe person, thing or place in specific

• descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like

• descriptive text is text which tells about something that happened in the past

Read the following descriptive text, then identify the suitable pictures.

"Eiffel tower was built to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the French Revolution. The construction process took 2 years to finished, started from 1887 until 1889. The building is located in Paris, France."

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Read the following descriptive text, then identify the suitable pictures.

"The beach is a part of Vaadhoo Island, which is one of the islands of Raa Atoll in Maldives. There’s no secret but a microorganism called phytoplankton/plankton involved behind this shining beach. These aquatic microbes are bioluminescent in nature and radiate a vibrant blue light under sea."

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