The document describes the characteristics and structure of descriptive text. Descriptive text uses attributive and identifying processes, nouns, adjectives, and simple present tense verbs to identify and describe a person, place, or thing. The purpose is to convey exact details through descriptive language to help readers visualize what is being described. Effective descriptive text identifies its topic clearly and structures descriptions to add purpose, emotion and aesthetic value for the reader.

1. DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2. THEORY

3. DEFINITION
o The text lists the characteristics of something.
Its purpose is to describe and reveal a
particular person, animal, place or thing

4. CHARACTERISTICS
o GENERIC STRUCTURE
- Identification
- Description
o SOCIAL FUNCTION

5. o SIGNIFICANT LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL FEATURES
- Attributive and Identifying Processes
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Noun phrases
- Verbs (Simple present tense)

6. LANGUAGE
o It is a language that adds purpose, aesthetic value and emotion to a text
o The writer can describe exactly how a setting looks
how a character behaves or what action is taking place.
o Descriptive language doesn’t need to be flowery or wordy.

7. Characteristics

8. o It helps the wirter to convey the meaning
behind the text.
o The benefit for the reader is the ability to more
clearly visualize what is being described.
BENEFITS

9. STRUCTURE

10.  We need to identify which particular thing we want to discuss in the
text.
 Structuring Identification is necessary in order to avoid having general
statement/clasification which belongs to report text.
 Identification introduces the main particular topic of the text.

11. EXAMPLES

12. My Parents' Farm
When I was a child, my father bought a farm. Since then, this place has been my favorite. Every
summer my friends and I went to the farm. We enjoyed our time there. I feel very happy when I go,
because it is my preferred place.
When I went to the farm the first time, I was four years old. My first perception was the aroma of
the natural flowers. I could feel the soft breeze coming from the horizon. It provoked an exiting
emotion that I can feel still.
The farm has a big house. It was built in the middle of last century. It is built in a British style. It
was built with stone, bricks, and wood. The foundation has stone, the walls have bricks, and the
roof was built with wood. It has six rooms and a big kitchen. In the living room there is a beautiful
fireplace. I enjoy this in the winter time. It is big and built of stone. It has in the front a grate of gilt
color. The furniture is made of oak. All the pieces of furniture have a good finish. The table, chairs,
coffee table, and the piano are the same style. Moreover, the house has many windows that
illuminate inside. I like its style.
Around the house there are trees. They are big and very old. They look very green in the
summertime. They give beautiful shade. When I walk under the trees, I see a green pasture with
many cows on it, and beyond these cows I see the horizon. I feel a great sensation of freedom.
My favorite time on the farm is the night. When there is a moon, I enjoy looking at the stars. I spent
a lot of time after dinner talking with my parents. We would sit outside of the house under the
beautiful sky and tell old stories. I like evenings on the farm.
All these sensations that I feel give me an impression of happiness. For this reason my parents' farm
is my favorite place.