The document provides an overview of descriptive text for a class, explaining its structure, purpose, and grammatical features. It includes examples of descriptive texts about a home, a favorite teacher, and a pet cat. The content is aimed at helping students understand how to describe people, places, and things effectively.

1. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd
SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
UNDERSTANDING
DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT
Kelas XII

2. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd
SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
Have you known the
picture above?

3. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd
SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
Good !!!!
 Yes it is SMK SWASTA
PEMBDA NIAS
 Yes, it is your School

4. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S
PEMBDA NIAS
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Focus and
Listen
carefully

5. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S
PEMBDA NIAS
Explanation
Descriptive text is
text that contain of
Identification and
description

6. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
Communicative Purpose
o To describe a
particular place,
things, or person
Do you have
an idea?

7. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S
PEMBDA NIAS
Generic structure
• Identification: identifies
the phenomenon to be
described
• Description :
describes parts,
qualities, and the
characteristic of the
person, place, or thing
to be describe
Parts, qualities
and
characteristics

8. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd
SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
Grammatical feature
 Focus on specific
participants
 Use identifying process
 Adjective
 Use of simple present tense

9. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S
PEMBDA NIAS
Descriptive text
(describe a particular place)
My lovely home
My house is only five-
minutes work from my
school
It is not very big, but very
cozy and quiet. This is the
place where we can relax
and find our own space.
In our home, we really
enjoy our relaxing time
from the pressure of
school and work. It is
home sweet home

10. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S
PEMBDA NIAS
Descriptive text
(describe a particular person)
My favorite teacher
There are about fifty eight
teachers in my school. Most of
them are kind and helpful. But my
favorite one is Mr. Hery, my
English teacher.
Mr. Hery is tall and slim
enough. He is about forty years
old, and wears glasses. Mr. Hery
is always neatly dressed. To
school he rarely carries a
briefcase.

11. Noverius Telaumbanua, S.Pd SMK S PEMBDA NIAS
Descriptive text
(describe a particular things)
My Cat
I have a pet, its name is
catty.
It always sleep on
my bedroom with me
and often scratch my
badcover. it eats
animal food and does
not like fish. Catty is my
beautiful pet

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