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- 2. Description PURPOSE Descriptive text is 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. GENERIC STRUCTURE Identification: identifying the phenomenon to be described. Description: describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.
- 3. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF Description TEXT Using attributive and identifying process Using adjective and classifiers in nominal group Using simple present tense
- 4. 1st Example: Borobudur Temple Borobudur is Hindu Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consists of eight steps like stone terrace. The first five terraces are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and stairways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia. Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people. Source: https://pakpuguh.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/description- text/, accessed at 05:28 a.m., April 6th, 2015.
- 5. 1st ExampleAnalysis: Borobudur Temple Identification in 1st paragraph is about Basic information about Borobudur. The use of simple present and the basic information about Borobudur is used here to bring the description at the next paragraph. Description is presented at 2nd paragraph. Many adjectives, proper nouns, and present tense forms are noticed here. The green words are the examples of noun phrases with adjectives on it, and the brown words are the numbers which give details about the description. Conclusion of the description is presented in last paragraph by adding matched statement about valuable treasure.
- 6. 2nd ExampleAnalysis: My Cute Cat My Cute Cat When I was about six years old, I raised a little kitten, named Sweetie. She is all white and she has a very soft fur. She is just a usual cat, not come from a refine kind, such as Siamese. I found her when she was left as a kitten on the edge of a street near my house. I took her due to my interest to her eye colors. She has blue and red colors on her eyes. People call it heterochromic. Those colors are rare and they were so fascinating. I raised her for several years. Every time I touched her, she would brush herself on my fingers. I always feel the comfortable warmness and softness when I hug her. Indeed, she is not just cute; she is also the obedient one. Unlike other cats, I have never seen her scratch the curtain or the sofa. I still remember that she likes to crouch down on my chair. I can say that she is the cutest pet I have ever had.
- 7. 2nd ExampleAnalysis: My Cute Cat Identification in 1st sentence, inform the reader that cat will become the descriptions topic. Description is started at 2nd sentence. Some adjectives, proper nouns, and present tense forms are noticed here. The green words are the examples of adjectives, and noun phrases which has adjectives on it. The purpose is to give more detail description about cat. Conclusion presented as writers impression at the last sentence.
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