Descriptive Text

Social Function A descriptive text is a text which

portrays the image of a certain thing from which a writer wants to transfer it to readers. Mostly descriptive texts depict or describe the image of a certain person, animal, things, and location or place. The social function of description text is to inform the readers about the illustration of certain persons, places, or some things in specific ways.

The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

Text Elements Content

IdentificationAn introduction to the objects/things described which includes who or what, when, where.

Description

A description of an object. For example the color, the size, the smell, the taste, etc. For persons: what they look like, what they do, how they act, what they like or dislike, what makes them special. For something: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or tastes, where it is seen or found, what it does, how it is used, what makes it special.

Language Features Certain nouns, such as teacher, house, my

cat, bridge, etc. Detailed noun phrases to give information

about a subject, such as It was a large open rowboat, a sweet young lady, the deaf person, etc.

Various adjectives which are describing, numbering, classifying such as two strong legs, sharp white fangs, her curly hair, etc.

Relating verbs to give information about a subject, such as My mum is really cool; It has very thick fur, the rest remains at home, etc.

Thinking verbs and feeling verbs to reveal the writer’s view, such as The police believe the suspect is armed; I think it is a clever animal, etc.

Action verbs, such as Our new puppy bites our shoes; It eats soft food, etc.

Abverbs to give additional information about manner, such as fast, gradually, at the tree house, etc.

Figurative language, such simile, metafor, e.g. John is white as chalk, sat tight, etc

• Simple Present–The Use;•Facts that are always true–Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

•Habitual action–British people drink a lot of tea.

•States–/ don't like gangster films.

• Simple Present TenseSentence Pattern

PositiveI/you/we/they + Verb + O

He/she/it + Verb –es/-s + O

Negative

I/you/we/they + do not + Verb + O

He/she/it + does not + Verb + O

InterrogativeDo + I/you/we/they + Verb + O

Does + He/she/it + Verb + O

Example of Simple present Nurses look after patients in hospitals. I usually go away at weekends. The earth goes round the sun. The cafe opens at 7.30 in the morning. I come from Canada. Where do you

come from? I don't go away very often. What does this word mean? (not What

means this word?) Rice doesn't grow in cold climates.

Exercise

Put the verb into the correct form.1) Julie doesn’t drunk (not / drink) tea very often.2) What time ........ .. (the banks / close) here?3) I've got a car, but I .... . (not / use) it much.4) 'Where (Ricardo / come) from?' 'From Cuba.'5) ‘What (you/do)?' Tm an electrician.'6) It ........ ... (take) me an hour to get to work.

How long7) .....................................................(it / take) you?8) Look at this sentence. What (this word / mean)?9) David isn't very fit. He (not / do) any sport.