Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

Generic Sreucture:
• Identification : identifies thing, person, place, phenomenon to be described.
• Description : gives the information of particular thing, person, or place being discussed or describes parts, qualities, or characteristics.

Grammatical Features:
• Who? What?
• Using Linking verb and Simple Present Tense
• Epithet: adjective or adjective phrase
• Attributive (the)
• Use of attributive and identifying process
• Focus on specific participants
• Frequent use of epithets and classifier in nominal groups

Example of Descriptive Text :

Identification

EXAMPLE :

GIRAFFE

   One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is the giraffe. This is the giraffe we saw at the zoo. It is male and is about six meters tall.

The giraffe has big brown eyes. They are protected by very thick lashes. This giraffe has brown spots on the skin. This coloring helps protect the giraffe. It also has two short horns on its head.

 Like a camel, it can go for long time without drinking water. One source of water is the leaves which is eats from trees. It is tall, so the giraffe can reach the tender leaves at the top of a tree

 The giraffe has two methods of self protection. If something frightens an adult giraffe, it can gallop away at about  fifth kilometers per hour or stay to fight with its strong legs.