Descriptive Text

Points of Discussion
01
What is Descriptive Text?

02 Focuses of Descriptive Text

03 Social Function of Descriptive Text

04 Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

05 Language Features
 Definition Of Descriptive Text

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A descriptive text is a kind of text which describes people,
animals, things and particular places.
Focuses of Descriptive Text in Senior High School:
Places

1. Historical Buildings
An historical building is generally considered to be a building or structure
that has some kinds of 'historic value', i.e. people in the present are connected
to it via past events in some way.

2. Tourist Destination
Tourist destination is a text interesting place where tourists visit, usually for valu
e inherent or exhibited in nature or culture, historical significance, natural or bui
lt beauty, offering comfort and entertainment.
 Social Function of Descriptive Text

To describe tourist objects/historical buildings.

 To introduce tourist objects/historical buildings
To promote tourist destination.
To criticize tourist objects.
 Generic Structure of
Descriptive Text

Identification (name,location,and spesific information about

the place).
Description (quality and characteristics of the place bring d
escribed).
 Language Features of Descriptive Text

The use of "to be" and "to have“
01 E.g. The hotel has 235 bedrooms.
The hotel rate is too expensive.
The use of relating verbs
02 E.g. The temple consists of five terraces.
The museum houses hundreds of
Greek statues.
The use of Opinion and fact adjectives
03 E.g. The temple is magnificent.(Opinion)
The temple has a rectangular shape.
(Fact)
The use of degrees of comparison
E.g. Bogor has the same weather as Ungaran
04 The weather in Jakarta is hotter than that
Bandung.
The use of participle phrases
05 E.g. Situated between East London and West
London,the river flows into the sea.
.
The use of compound adjectives
06 The five-bedroom bungalow has been rented since l
ast year..
The use of adverbial phrases of time an
07 d place
E.g. The city has changed a lot since the 17th centu
ry.(adverbialphrases of time)
London is situated in the southeastern England.(adv
erbial phrases of place)
 Example of Historical Building

Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum. It exhibits evidence of

former President Soeharto's service to the country from indep-ende
nce until the national development area.Aside from that,it
Identification
also displays artworks that Mr. and Mrs. Soeharto received
from their friends and collegues from all over the world.
Mrs.Tien Soeharto initiated the construction of the
museum.Its architecture resembles the conuic Indonesia
"tumpeng," a traditional Javanese rice dish. "Tumpeng" symbolises
gratefulness to Almighty God.Just,the museum also
expresses gratitude to God and the internasional community
who supported Soeharto during his terms as president.
Description
The museum has five main halls.Presindent Soeharto
from early independence until the national development era.
The Main Hall exhibits souvenirs from friends of the state.The Spec
ial Hall houses Soeharto's military decorations and
medals of honour.The Asthabrata Hall display "wayang"
Wahyu Makutha Rama.The "wayang" ilustrates Soeharto's
leadership.The fifth and last hall is a library.
 Example of Tourist Object

Borobudur temple is one of the most

beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated in
central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven
wonders of the world which needs Identification
to be preserved its circumstances. The people all
over the world know that Borobudur is one of the
greatest art works that ever known since long time
ago.
Borobudur temple was built by
Syailendra Dynasty during the eighth century.
It needed more than two million river stones. It is the bigges
t temple in the world. After going
into some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and m
ore tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. Most of the Description
m admire Borobudur
temple because of its beauty, its elegance and the
story of the relief on its walls.
 Domestic tourists usually go there
by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists
like to join travel bureau because they don’t
need to think of the transportation,
accommodation, and itinerary. There are some money chan Description
gers around the location. It makes them easier to change th
eir money.
But some of them like to bring credit cards
and checks.