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    The document discusses the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as a text that describes a particular person, place or thing. It notes that descriptive texts focus on sensory experiences like how something looks, sounds or tastes. The social function is to describe subjects through their features and characteristics. Generic structures include an identification section introducing the subject followed by detailed descriptions. Language features involve specific participants, adjectives to modify nouns, simple present tense and adverbs of time and place.

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    The document discusses the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as a text that describes a particular person, place or thing. It notes that descriptive texts focus on sensory experiences like how something looks, sounds or tastes. The social function is to describe subjects through their features and characteristics. Generic structures include an identification section introducing the subject followed by detailed descriptions. Language features involve specific participants, adjectives to modify nouns, simple present tense and adverbs of time and place.

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    The document discusses the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as a text that describes a particular person, place or thing. It notes that descriptive texts focus on sensory experiences like how something looks, sounds or tastes. The social function is to describe subjects through their features and characteristics. Generic structures include an identification section introducing the subject followed by detailed descriptions. Language features involve specific participants, adjectives to modify nouns, simple present tense and adverbs of time and place.

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    10th

    Descriptive Text
    grade

    Ade Herfi Fauziah, S.Pd


    TABLE OF Definition of Descriptive Text

    CONTENT Social Function

    S Generic Structures

    Language Features
    What is Descriptive text?

    Descriptive Text is a text which describes


    a particular person, thing or place.
    In a broad sense, description, as
    explained by Kane (2000: 352), is about
    sensory experience how something looks,
    sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual
    experience.
    Social Function of Descriptive Text

    Social Function of Descriptive Text is


    to describe a particular person, thing
    or place.
    Generic Stucture of Descriptive Text

    Description
    Identification contains a description of
    Contains about the something such as animal,
    introduction of a things, place or person by
    person, place, animal or describing its features,
    object will be forms, colors, or anything
    described. related to what the writer
    describe.
    The Language Features of Descriptive Text

    Specific Participant The Use of Adjective The Use of Simple The Use of Adverb
    Present Tense

    For example: for example: a


    Anyer beach, my beautiful beach, a The sentence pattern For example:
    house, Borobudur handsome man, the used is simple present Indonesia, Central
    temple, My famous place in because it tells the fact Java, Banten etc.
    Mother. Jepara, etc. of the object described.
    Specific Participant

    Borobudur Temple

    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 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.


    The use of adjective
    Borobudur Temple

    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 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.


    The Use of Simple Present Tense
    Borobudur Temple

    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 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.


    The Use of Adverb
    Borobudur Temple

    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 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.


    Thank You

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