DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

DEFINITION

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

SOCIAL FUNCTION

        To describe a particular person, place or thing.

GENERIC STRUCTURE

q Identification : Identifying the phenomenon to                          be described

q Description : Describing the phenomenon in                            parts, qualities, or and                                       characteristic.

q Direct expresions or opinion

LINGUISTIC FEATURES

Ò Focus on particular participants

Ò  Direct expression of opinions

Ò  Use of simple present tense, past tense and also package of information

LANGUAGE FEATURES

v Focus on specific participants

v The use of simple present tense

v Adjective

v Noun Phrase

EXAMPLE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT :

ORANGUTAN SUMATERA

        Orangutan Sumatera  (Pongo abelii) is the rarest species of orangutan. Orangutan Sumatera life and endemic to Sumatera, an island located in Indonesia. They are smaller than the Orangutan of Kalimantan.

        Orangutan Sumatera has about 4.6 feet height and 200 pounds weight. The female are smaller, has about 3 feet height and 100 pounds weight. Compared to Orangutan Kalimantan, Orangutan Sumatera is more frugivorous and especially insectivorous. Favored fruit including figs and jackfruit. They also eat bird eggs and small vertebrates.

        It is considered endangered animal because people hunt them and the habitat is damaged to build the agriculture land.