Descriptive Text
A. What is Descriptive Text?
Descriptive text is text that aims to explain, illustrate, or describe something. It can take the form of anything, be it an animal, object, place, and so on. Teks deskripsi adalah teks yang bertujuan menjelaskan, menggambarkan, atau mendeskripsikan sesuatu. Ini bentuknya bisa berupa apa saja, baik itu hewan, benda, tempat, dan lain sebagainya.
B. Generic Structure
Identification |
adalah pendahuluan, berupa gambaran umum tentang
suatu topik. |
Description |
berisi ciri-ciri khusus yang dimiliki benda, tempat,
atau orang yang dideskripsikan. Misalnya sifat-sifat, tampilan fisik, dan hal
lain yang dituliskan dengan spesifik atau detail. |
C. Ciri-ciri
Tense yang digunakan yaitu Simple Present Tense.
Hanya fokus pada satu objek.
D. Contoh
Desriptive Text tentang Teman |
My Friend I have a perfect friend. His name is Shan. She is
my classmate. She is a beautiful and kind friend. I have known him for about one
year. We have met since the first time we met at this school
Shan is my confidant. She was very excited to be
invited to chat. I feel suitable to be friends with her. My friend has an
ideal body. It’s about 170 cm tall and weighs around 50 kg. She’s sweet
black. She looks very charming when smiling. |
Desriptive Text tentang Tempat |
Borobudur Temple Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful
tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is located in central Java. Borobudur temple
is one of the seven wonders of the
world.
Borobudur temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty
during the eighth century. It needed more than two million river stones. It
has elegance and the story of the relief on its walls. After going into
some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both
domestic and foreign tourists. |
Desriptive Text tentang Hewan |
My Cattie Cattie is my pet’s name. My
grandmother gave her to me on my birthday two years ago. I like Cattie so much.
He is a male fluffy
kitten. He has greyish-brown fur all over his body and tail. He has black
stripes over his front and his leg. His eyes color is black and his nose is
also black. He has a short little tail. He has a pair of black triangular ears.
Although he has claws on his feet he isn’t harmful. |
Desriptive Text tentang Benda |
My Favorite Shoes I always fall in love with
basketball shoes. I just feel comfortable and confident with it. I finally got
one from my father when we were in Solo three years ago.
The shoes are black. There
are two gray stripes on the outer side of the shoes. The sole is white with
some circular pattern painted in black on the bottom of it. The surface of
the sole is flat. The shoes have white shoelaces and two straps binding the eye
stay of the shoes. It makes the tongue of the shoes always in a steady
position. The insole is made of foam rubber. |
Desriptive Text tentang Orang Terkenal |
Tulus Tulus is a singer who is unique and liked by many
people. He has a fairly fat body and has a distinctive voice. So Tulus is
very distinguishable from other Indonesian singers. Apart from being a
singer, Tulus is also a songwriter.
The Tulus album was released by its own company,
Tulus Record. Many of Tulus’ songs have been able to become the top pop songs
on many Indonesian radios. Even well-known magazines such as “Rolling Stone
Indonesia” also named him Rookie Editor of the Year 2013. |
Desriptive Text tentang Orang Makanan |
Fried Rice I like fried rice so much. My mother always cooks it
for me when I want to eat it. Fried rice is a typical Indonesian food. Fried
rice is a trendy food.
The ingredients for making fried rice are rice,
cooking oil, soy sauce, and other seasonings. Everyone loves fried rice. Fried
rice is delicious. Initially, fried rice came from China. Fried rice has been
around since 4000 BC. |