DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT
Presented by:
•Gaby
Chevarrria
• Karina
Gutierrez
• Ji Eun Kim
• Eileen Torres
THEORY
DEFINITION
o The text lists the characteristics of something.

Its purpose is to describe and

reveal a particular person,
animal, place or thing
o A descriptive text wants you to picture what is being
described

A nobel might want you to imagine the characters and see

them in your mind
CHARACTERISTICS
o GENERIC STRUCTURE

- Identification
- Description

o SOCIAL FUNCTION 
o SIGNIFICANT LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL
FEATURES 

- Attributive and Identifying Processes
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Noun phrases
- Verbs (Simple present tense)
LANGUAGE
o It is a language that adds purpose, aesthetic value
and emotion to a text

o The writer can describe exactly how a setting looks

how a character behaves or what action is taking
place.

o Descriptive language doesn’t need to be flowery

or wordy.
Characteristics
 Simple Present
Tense
o The present tense: often used
in this
kind of text.

oThe past tense: to describe a

Tense certain
thing which is extinct or not
available
nowadays.

o The passive form: can be

used in
this case. (Like the past tense)
 Adverb
s
The
The girlhurriedly
girl drank thedrank
juice. the
juice.

Adverbs
Helping arereader
the descriptive
get words
a better
that of
visual describe
what athe
verb.
action might
involves.
 Adjectives

o To describe how something feels, looks, sounds, tastes and

acts.
- Bibimbap is a tasty meal.
 Metaphors and
Similes

o Metaphors and similes are both methods of making

comparisons.
o Simile, these comparisons are made using words like “like”
or “as”.
o To mention someone swims very fast we can say

- “She swims like a fish”.

 Metaphors and
Similes

o A metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or

contrast them to
one another.

- “The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur”.

 BENEFITS

o It helps the wirter to convey the

meaning
behind the text.

o The benefit for the reader is the

ability to more
clearly visualize what is being
described.
STRUCTURE
 We need to identify which particular thing we
want to discuss in the text.

 Structuring Identification is necessary in order to

avoid having general statement/clasification which
belongs to report text.

 Identification introduces the main particular topic

of the text.
EXAMPLES
:
 Identification:

I live with my dad.

 Description:
My dad is big. He has spiky black hair and a
moustache. My dad has big dark eyes. His hobby is
playing football. My dad is a great football player. He
runs very fast. I love my dad.
EXAMPLES
 Present
 The sunset fills the entire sky with
the deep color of rubies, setting the
clouds ablaze.  

 The waves crashes and dances

along the shore, moving up and
down in a graceful and gentle
rhythm like they were dancing.
The past
 The old man was stooped
and bent, his back making
the shape of a C and his
head bent so far forward
that his beard would
nearly have touched his
knobby knees had he
been just a bit taller. 
The passive form
 In my town while I was
passing down the street
the car was repaired by
Sam, a customer was
being helped by the
salesman and the
restaurant's fantastic
dinners had been being
prepared by Chef Jones.
Metaphors and
similes
 Simile: Your eyes are like sunshine.
Metaphor: You are my sunshine.
 Simile: You are like a rock. Metaphor:
You are a rock.
 Simile: You are as happy as a clown.
Metaphor: You are a clown.
 Simile: He is as stubborn as a mule.
Metaphor: He is a mule.
 Simile: Her heart is like gold. Metaphor:
Her heart is gold.
PRODUCTION
 My cat Tita
Tita is my beautiful blond cat. She walks with pride and
grace, performing a dance of disdain as she slowly lifts and
lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. Her
pride, however, does not extend to her appearance, for
she spends most of her time indoors watching television
and growing fat.
She enjoys watching cartoons, especially Tom and Jerry
and Timon and Pumbaa. She likes to eat a lot of Ricocat,
she loves to play with me and she is very lovely.
Tita does not establish her territory, as many cat experts
think, but she doesn’t like to sleep where other cats have
slept.
What I like about her is that she is very friendly with my
friends and she likes to be stroked.