Descriptive text is a text which describes what a person or a thing is like.
Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
Generic Structure:
· Identification (mention the special participant)
· Description (mention the part, quality, and characteristics of subject being described)
Language Features:
· Focus on specific participants
· Use of attributive and identifying processes
· Frequent use classifiers in nominal groups
· Use of simple present tense
· Use of adjectives and compound adjectives
Here is an example of descriptive paragraph:
Tirta Samudara Beach
(IDENTIFICATION) Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is a famous beach in Jepara. The place is very beautiful and romantic.
(DESCRIPTION) It is located about 7 km North side from city centre. The beach that has pure water and white sand is suitable for bathing place. There are many tourists come into this object to do intentional bathing frequently. Generally they are children, youngsters and foreign countries tourists. Usually, the most favorite moment is in the morning and in the evening toward twilight where there is mesmerizing sunset panorama. In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural beach breezy wind (unpolluted). The tourism object location has large field and the whole of part the dence pandan trees are grown. It is suitable for youngsters activities such as camping, beach volley, relax bicycled for the same activities. Besides the mentioned above, in this area can be used the play motocross and kitten festival for the regional level, national level also international. The object can be reached easily by public transportation, because have provided the asphalt road infrastructure and the direct city transportation are a valuable to the location above. Meanwhile, roasted fish, small crab, boiled tortoise shell and pending sprain are special foods that can be enjoyed by the visitors.
(adapted from: peperonity.com)
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