DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

I’m so happy to have a close friend. She is my beloved classmate, Fafa. We’ve known each other since we were in grade 8. We were in the same class, and we still are in grade 9 until now.Fafa is a very kind and friendly girl. She is always ready to help other people. Although she comes from a rich family, she never looks down on other people. She is very sociable and has a lot of friends. She can interact easily with people from different ages. Therefore, she is also popular among teachers and parents.

What is the text about?

• The writer’s best friend

• The writer’s deskmate

• The writer’s sister

• The writer’s family

My best friend

I have a special friend. She is my classmate and sits besides me. Her name is Rohmi. Rohmi is a quite girl and very simple on the look. However, I really adore her. She is not only kind but also tough.

Rohmi comes from a very simple family. Her father is a pedicab driver and her mother has passed away. She has a younger brother. His name is Rahmat. In order to help their father, Rohmi and her brother work part-time to earn some money. Rohmi sells food during our class break, while her brother sells newpapers and magazines after school.

One thing that I always admire about her is that she can manage her time well, and she always looks cheerful.

What does the second paragraph tell you about?

• Rohmi and her family

• Rohmi and her father

• Rohmi and her friends

Arrange these sentences into a good descriptive text.

1. He helps me a lot

2. He is a good looking boy

3. He has oval face and fair skin

4. Rio is my cousin

5. Everybody thinks he is like Iqbal Ramadhan

6. He also a kind boy

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Barack Obama is the president of United States. He is an African-American. He is tall and thin. He is bald. He has dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.

He is the first black man who becomes the president of United States. He is known as a smart and wise man. He is a loving husband for his wife and a good father for his two children. People from all over the world adore him because of his spirit and action in creating peace in this world. He also looks friendly because he always smiles a lot.

What is the purpose of the text?

• To persuade the readers to choose him in the election

• To entertain the readers about the story of Barack Obama

• To report the life of the president of United States of America

• To describe Barack Obama's physical appearance and personality

What is a descriptive text?

• a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

• a story with problematic events with resolution at the end

• a text that provides facts that is educational and purposeful

• an essay used to convince readers

what is the social function of descriptive text?

• to entertain the reader with a story

• to explain how to make or use something

• to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing in detail

• To convey information to the reader about something as it is as a result of research

What is the generic structure of Descriptive Text?

• Identification, Resolution

• Identification, Description

• Identification, Conclusion

• Orientation, Complication, Resolution

• Thesis, Argument, Reiteration

what is the language features of descriptive text?

• simple past tense

• simple present tense

• simple future tense

• present continuous tense

The second paragraph in descriptive text is called…

• Identification

• Orientation

• Body

• Description

• Resolution

The first paragraph in descriptive text is called…

• Identification

• Orientation

• Body

• Description

• Resolution