explanation of descriptive text

2. 1. Description text
Text description is a paragraph in
which the main ideas presented in a
manner clearly describe the object, place,
or event that is becoming a topic to
readers. So that readers feel as though
directly what is being expressed in the text.

3. 2. The generic structure of a
description is :
- Identification
This part introduces where or who the
subject being described is.
- Description
This part shows the detail description of the
subject. It may include the information about
the appearance or qualities of the subject , such
as :
shapes,material,sizes,feeling,quantities,colours,
qualities,location, and taste.

4. 3. A description usually :
-Uses simple present tense,
-Makes use of adjectives and adverbs,
-Uses comparisons to help picture scene
(something is like something else),
-Employs the reader’s five senses (how
something feels,smells,looks,sounds and tastes).

5. - Bob’s family
Bob hunter is forty years old. He lives in derby
with his wife and three children. His wife’s name is
linda and she is an artist. Their eldest child, richard,
is studying engineering at derby university. Their
middle child is called claire. She’s fourteen and a
student at derby grammar school. Their youngest
child is sally, who is twelve. She enjoys horse-riding
and cycling.

6. -Beras basah beach
Beras basah beach is located in beras basah island,
bontang, east kalimantan, indonesia. The location of
this place is about 220 kilometers from the center of
balikpapan. Beras basah beach offers beautiful natural
scenery along with white sand that is gentle enough on
foot.Its clear blue seawater seems teasing anyone who
visits to swim into it. And it is true that in this place,
visitors can enjoy swimming or snorkeling in the
underwater beauty. Various types of fish, coral reefs,
and seaweed can be found by the visitor in this place.
This area is also very suitable for you who like
photography. The sunrise and sunset view in this place
are interesting enough to be captured.

7. -Borobudur
Borobudur temple is a very famous budist temple. It is is
one of the greatest buddhist monuments in the world. Built in
the 8th and 9th centuries by syailendra dynasty, the temple is
consist of teen floors. It symbolize the teen floors of
bodhisattvas ( teen level to achive perfection ).Borobudur
temple also can be divided into three levels. Those are
kamadatu, rupadatu, and arupadatu. Kamadatu symbolize the
lowest level of human. Here people still tied to the law of
karma. Here we can see karma wibangga reliefs.The second
level is rupadatu level or the level of face. It symbolize people
that starting to search for illumination. At this level, we can
see lalitavistara, the relief about budha. There are also other
reliefs and story at this level.The last one is arupadatu level or
the level without face. It symbolize the perfection. It is the
circle floors at the temple where we can see the many stupas.

8. -Keraton jogajakarta ( sultan palace )
Kraton yogyakarta or sultan palace was build in 1756 by
prince mangkubumi (hamengkubuwono i) as a center of the
kingdom ngayogyakarta.the palace building stretches from north
to south. In the north front side of the palace you can find the
square also called “plaza north” and at the the backyard is called
“southern square”.The inner palace is the center of the compound
and is decorated with beautiful ornaments and has teak wood
structures in its interior. inside the inner palace is the sultan’s
work room and library where he used to carry out his work. There
is also a special room for royal weddings and for the inauguration
of princes or princesses. The most important area in the inner
palace is bangsal prabayeksa, a hall where sacred weapons are
kept. On permanent display in the hall are a collection of keris,
spears, knifes, arrows, war uniforms and guns. Once a year, in the
suro month, a javanese month, the weapons are cleaned during a
sacred ceremony.If want to visit the palace we must pay 2500

9. -Eiffel tower
Eiffel tower is one of the most famous buildings in the world. Every day, there are hundreds
of tourists visiting to enjoy all the beauty in every side of it. The tower was built by an
engineer named gustave eiffel and became an important monument to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the french revolution.The french government opened the tower on march
31, 1889 and since that time, the eiffel tower became an icon for the city of paris and
france.Eiffel is also known as la tour eiffel or la dame de fer which means as iron lady.
Known as the iron lady because this is a building that is so graceful and beautiful. Then the
building is also strong because of the legs supported by iron.Eiffel reaches 984 feet and
when completed, it became the highest monument passed the washington monument.
Eiffel holded the highest title after 1930 when the chrysler building built in new
york.However, the eiffel tower remained the highest in paris and until now, there are more
than 200 million people have visited it since opened.To enjoy the eiffel tower, visitors can
climb using the stairs or the elevator. In addition to getting awesome scenery, they can also
enjoy the delicious dishes of paris through romantic restaurants in the tower.You need to
know a unique fact, that the tower is considered as an eyesore for the people of france
when it freshly made. When eiffel was built in 1889, the tower was intended as a
temporary building and will be demolished 20 years later. However, when it was useful as
radio transmitters, it eventually still be allowed to stand.To build it, the french government
had to use 18,000 pieces of iron and more than 2 million nails. Although it was very risky,
but the development kept to be continued.Today, it has been regarded as one of the most
beautiful architectural works in the world. Besides its use as a tourist attraction, the
building is also a communication tool for sending signals to radio and television.

10. - Prambanan temple
Prambanan temple is the largest hindust temple
complex in indonesia. The temple was built in the 10th
century and was dedicated to shiva. There are 8 big
temples and 8 small temples at the main yard. There are
also 222 smaller temple at the lower yard.
Inside the big temples, there are statues. There are
statues of sviva, brahma, and visnu. They are the hindust
three highest gods. There are also other statues. One of
the most popular is roro jonggrang statues. The legend
tells that it was actually a girl that cursed to be a stone.
There is also relief about ramayana at the temple wall.
And we can also see ramayana ballet dance at the temple
complex at night.

11. -My friend and her new shoes
I have a close friend. She is beautiful, attractive and
trendy. She always want to be a trend setter of the day. She
always pays much attention on her appearance. Recently, she
bought a new stylist foot legs from blowfish shoes products.
This shoes really matches on her.Her new blowfish women’s
shoes are wonderful. When she are walking on that shoes, all
her friends, including me watch and admire that she has the
most suitable shoes on her physical appearance. The style,
bright color, and brand represent her as a smart woman of
the day. She really have perfect appearance.She is really mad
on that shoes. She said that the products covered all genders.
The blowfish men’s shoes are as elegant as she has. The
products provide varieties of choice. Ballet, casual, boot
athletic shoes are designed in attractive way. The products
are international trader mark and become the hottest trend.