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THE MATERIAL
A.
Example
for Descriptive text about Place
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
1. Definition
Descriptive text is a text that describes the characteristics of a particular
person or thing. It can be its shape, its characteristics, and its number and
so on. The goal of the descriptive text is to explain, to describe or to
express a person, a place, an object or a thing.
2.
The
generic structure of Descriptive Text:
a.
Identification/
introduction
It contains the identification of matter
or someone that will be described. It identifies the phenomenon to be
described.
b.
Description/
details
It contains the explanation or
description of the thing or person by mentioning its characteristic. It also
describes features in order of importance such as (1) parts/things (physical
appearance), (2) qualities (degree of beauty, excellence, or worth value), and
(3) other characteristics (prominent aspects that are unique).
Identification/ introduction
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: General statement about the subject.
May include :
Who, What, When, Where.
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Description/ details
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: Statements describing
characteristics.
May
include:
·
For people = What they look
like? What they do? How the act?
·
For things = How they look,
sound, feel like? Where are they seen? What they do? How they are used?
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Conclusion
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(Optional
statement to sum up main idea)
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3.
The
generic features of Descriptive Text:
a.
Use of Simple Present Tense.
Simple Present Tense expresses daily habits or usual
activities. It may also general statements of fact. In sum, this tense tell us
about an action which is done at the present time. A simple formula for this
tense can be devised as follows:
Simple
Present Tense with VERB:
Positive (+) sentence: S+V1(s/es)+O
Subject
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Verb
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Object
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Adverb
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I, We, You,
They
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play
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volleyball
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every Sunday.
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He, She, It,
Rossa
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plays
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Negative (-) sentence: S+ (do/does) +not+V1+O
Subject
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Verb
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Object
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Adverb
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I, We, You,
They
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do not play
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volleyball
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every Sunday
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He, She, It,
Rossa
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does not
play
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Interrogative (?) sentence: Do/Does+S+V1+O?
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Subject
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Verb
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Object
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Adverb
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Do
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I, We, You,
They
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play
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volleyball
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every Sunday?
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Does
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He, She, It,
Rossa
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Simple
Present Tense with TO BE:
Positive (+) sentence: S+ to be (is/am/are) +O
Subject
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To be
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Object
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I,
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am
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a singer
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He, She, It,
Rossa
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is
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We, You,
They
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are
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Negative (-) sentence: S+ to be (is/am/are) + not +O
Subject
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To be
|
|
Object
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I,
|
am
|
not
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(a) singer
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He, She, It,
Rossa
|
is
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We, You,
They
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are
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Interrogative (?) sentence: To be (is/am/are) + S+
O?
To be
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Subject
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Object
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Am
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I,
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(a) singer?
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Is
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he, she, it, Rossa
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Are
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we, you, they
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1.
How to write a
descriptive text:
a. Introduce your subject:Who or What/ When/ Where
b. Describe important characteristics in detail:Look
like, feel like, sound like
c. Sum up main ideas
d. New paragraph for each part
e. Word focus: Adjective and verbs.
f. Style: personal/ impersonal, third person.
2.
Simple Present
with Preposition to Describe Places
a. Borobudur Temple is located in Indonesia.
b. My school is onJalanSamratulangi.
c. The Bank is at Jalan AdiSucipto No.5.
d. The bookstore is beside my school.
e. There is a restaurant in front of the
bookstore.
Explanation:
a. In is used to refer to large and big place: city, country, or inside a
building.
b. On is used to refer to a name of a street.
c. At is used to refer to a place that is located on a street with the number.
Some common
spatial order expressions are:
At the top
At the front
of
At the back of
Beside
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In the center
Next to
Behind
Near
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On the left
Between
Inside
Close to
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In front of
In back of
Across from
Over
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3.
Simple
Present to Describe Persons
Present Tense with Verb
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Present Tense with to be.
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1. She looks
pretty in her brown gown.
2. She haslong
hair.
3. He has
dark skin
4. Theyhavebeautiful
voice.
5. They look
amazing.
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1. Justin Beiberis
a famous singer.
2. He is slim.
3. He is
about 17 years old.
4. Avril and Britney are pretty girls.
5. They are famous
people.
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Some
adjectives to describe person as follows:
A bit
overweight
Bright
Well-dressed
Impolite
Scruffy
Stingy
Talkative
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Anorexic
Broad-minded
Good-looking
Cruel
Down-to-earth
Stocky
Muscular
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Pretty
Easy-going
Handsome
Quarrelsome
Sociable
Foolish
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EXAMPLE IN PARAGRAPH.
Example
for Descriptive text about Place
”City Park of
Buntok”
Identification/ Introduction (general
statements of the subject)
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City park of Buntok is famous place
that you can find in Buntok. In my hometown there is a good place, and it is one
of famous places for visiting especially the city park of Buntok. City park
of Buntok is located in south Barito(name for a river) exactly at bank of
beach and it is near from main anchorage of Buntok.
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Description/ Details (statements
describing characteristics)
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Around of city park of Buntok there are
several certain places such as plaza Beringin store, garden, and anchorege. In opposite of the city
park of Buntok there is a plaza Beringin store that is used for shopping
anything what you like and it also provides things what you want. In plaza
Beringin store provides some stores such as clothes store, dress store, toys store, handphone counter
and the important one is mini market. In this mini market people can be
shopping the other foods. For
example, foods and snack , ice cream, even make up product. After all,
in south of the
city of Buntok there is a big river, it is called Barito river. This Barito
river is one of the longest rivers which you can find in south Barito. There
are river transportasions such as ship, motorboat express, and speed boat
that are used taking across Barito river. Quiet near from Barito river, there is a garden.
In this garden, there are several beautiful flowers such as rose, white rose,
and jasmine. Every afternoon, many people and visitors visit the garden to
spend their weekend, taking picture, go seightseeing. People come to the
garden with their family,their girlfriend, boyfriend, even their husband and
wife.
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Conclusion (optional statement to sum up main idea)
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It is clear that the city park of Buntok is one of good place in south Barito which
provides anything.
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Information :
Around of : spatial order
In apposite of: spatial order
such as :Transitional signal
for example : Transitional signal
In south of : spatial order
quiet near from : spatial order
it is clear that : Transitional signal of conclusion
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. Assignment
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1. Write a
descriptive text by some themes are Beautiful Sights in My Lovely Town, The famous actor, and also Wild Animal
(choose one).
Your descriptive text should be three paragraphs and consisting of 250 words at
least or more. Consider the content,
organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics in producing your
writing.
- 2.
Send your assignment to my e-mail (elmymhie@yahoo.co.id)
organized as file and give your name, student’s registrate number,and
class.
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The more practice we do,
the more we get something new ...
(Elmy)
Copyright by : E L M Y - student of State Islamic college of Palangka Raya ( English education Program)
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