2. Definision of descriptive text
• A descriptive text is a text which lists the
characteristics of something. The topic is
usually about the attributes of a thing.
3. Characteristics
• Good descriptive writing includes many vivid sensory details
that paint a picture and appeals to all of the reader's senses of
sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste when appropriate.
Descriptive writing may also paint pictures of the feelings the
person, place or thing invokes in the writer.
• Good descriptive writing often makes use of figurative
language such as analogies, similes and metaphors to help
paint the picture in the reader's mind.
• Good descriptive writing uses precise language. General
adjectives, nouns, and passive verbs do not have a place in
good descriptive writing. Use specific adjectives
4. • Descriptive writing creates an impression in
the reader’s mind of an event, a place, a
person, or thing. The writing will be such that
it will set a mood or describe something in
such detail that if the reader saw it, they
would recognize it. Descriptive writing will
bring words to life and makes the text
interesting.
5. The Generic Structure of
Descriptive Text
• 1. Identification
a. It is a part of paragraph which introduces or
identifies the character.
b. identifies the phenomenon to be described
2. Description
a. It is a part of paragraph which describes the
character.
b. describes parts, qualities, characteristics
7. The example of Descriptive
text
• (Monas) National Monument is a 132-meter tower in the
center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta, is the capital of the state. It symbolizes the struggle
for Indonesian independence of our country. The monument
consists of a 117.7 m obelisk on a 45m square platform at a
height of 17 m. Towering monument symbolizes the
philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Resembles a phallus, or
pestle mortar pestle and Yoni resembles rice or mortar, two
important things in the tradition of Indonesian agriculture.
Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President
Sukarno, the first president of the us and the monument was
opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame
covered with gold foil, and now the monument calls.
8. Exercise
• Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer
and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the
1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the
Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and
a daughter. After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own
fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought
out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled "Intimately Beckham"and a range of
handbags and jewelry. In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and
the other, a fashion guide.
9. 1. What did Victoria do before being a solo
singer?
E. Wrote many books
D. Created fashion style
B. Worked as fashion designer
C. Joined The Spice Girl
A. Married to David Beckham
10. 2. We found in the text that ....
A. Victoria named her fragrance by dVb
style
E. Spice Girls is Victoria's label for her
wardrobe
D. Posh Spice is the title of her new album
C. Beckham is Victoria's brand for her
fragrance
B. Beckham is Victoria's autobiography
11. 3.Based on the text, what do we know about
Victoria?
D. She married to an ordinary person
E. She arranged many songs for The Spice
Girls
C. She designed The Spice Girls
B. She is a multi-talented woman
A. She is an ordinary woman
