Descriptive text is a text that describes a particular object in detail. Dalam bahasa Indonesianya, descriptive text atau teks deskripsi adalah sebuah teks yang mendeskripsikan objek tertentu secara rinci. Jadi, seperti yang sudah disinggung di awal, pada teks ini, kamu akan menggambarkan objek secara jelas. Bisa ukurannya, warna, bentuk, bau, dan lain sebagainya.

1. Unit 4
Descriptive Text
Learning Aspects:
Descriptive Text

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Descriptive
Unit 4
Objectives of today’s lesson
Students are able to:
• Identify the social function,
structure, language features of
descriptive text
• Analyze and information featured in
descriptive text
• Classify the adjective to describe PLACES
and BUILDING

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Example
Descriptive
Unit 4

4. Title
Identification
Description

5. Learning Aspects:
Descriptive Text
Understand the explanation below.
Social Function is to describe a particular place, person, or thing.
The generic structure of a descriptive text:
1. Identification: identifies the phenomenon to be described.
2. Description of features: describes features in order of
importance:
• Parts/things (physical appearance)
• Qualities (degree of beauty, excellence, or worth/value)
• Other characteristics (prominent aspects that are unique)
The language features of descriptive text:
1. Use of Simple Present Tense.
2. Frequent use of epithets and classifiers in nominal groups.
3. Use of ”be”: is, are, was, and were for the identification and
showing qualities.
4. Use of verb ”have”: have, has, had to give detailed description
of the object’s features.
5. Use of action verbs related to the topic, especially when
describing behaviors or personalities (for persons).
6. Use of adjectives in describing especially the qualities.
The Activities
Example
Unit 4