Definition
Descriptive Text is a kind of genre or text type which describe a particular things, person or place.
Social function
- To give information about a particular entity by describing its features, history, and special characteristics.
- To give information about things by describing physical attributes, behaviors, uses, etc.
Generic Structure
- Identification or general statement : identifies phenomenon to be described
- Description : describes parts, qualities, characteristics, behaviors, attributes, special features
Language Feature:
1. Focus on Specific participant
It has a certain object. It is not common and unique (only one), for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, my bedroom, Rina’s Bedroom, My Living room.
2. The use of the adjective
It use adjective to clarify the noun, for example a beautiful beach, the famous place in Jepara, large and clean
3. The use of simple present tense
The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.
4. The use of Action verb
Verbs that show an activity. For example run, sleep, walk, cut, keep, study, etc.
You can browse some examples of descriptive text in this blog. Here is an example of descriptive text :
Winda's Garden.