Descriptive Text II

Descriptive Text is A kind of text to describe a particular person , place / thing .

Social Function
To describe a particular person, place or thing

Significant Grammatical Features

• Focus on specific Participant
• Use of attributes and identifying Processes
• Frequent use of Epithets and Classifiers in nominal groups
• Use of simple present tense  

Significant Lexicogrammatical Features

• Focus on Specific Participantas
• Use of Attributive and Identifying Processes.
• Frequent use of epithets Classifiers in nominal grups.
• Use of simple present tense

The features: CIRI KETERBATASAN

• Nouns tertentu, misalnya teacher, house, my rabbit, dsb

• Simple present tense

• Detailed noun phrase untuk memberikan informasi tentang subjek misalnya she a sweet young lady

• Berbagai macam adjectives, yang bersifat describing, numbering, classifying, misalnya : two strong legs, dsb

• Relating verbs untuk memberikan informasi tentang subjek. Misalnya : My mum is really cool, it has very thick fur, dsb

• Thinking verbs dan feeling verbs untuk mengungkapkan pandangan pribadi   penulis tentang subjek, misalnya : police believe the suspect is armed. I think it is a clever animal, dsb. Action verbs, misalnya : our new puppy bites our shoes, dsb.

• Adverbials untuk memberikan informasi tambahan tentang perilaku tersebut. Misalnya : fast, at the three house, dsb.

• Bahasa figurative, seperti simile, metaphor, misalnya : John is white as chalk,   sat, tight, dsb.

The generic structure of Descriptive text :

Identification :
Identifies phenomenon to be described.


Description :
Describes part qualities & characteristic.


Linguistic features :

1.Specific participants.
2.Linking verbs.
3.Simple present.
4.Adjective.
5.Noun phrase.

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Rafflesia Arnoldii

Rafflesia   Arnoldii is a rare flower that is well known because of the size of  the  flower's petals and the smell of rotten meat that it gives out.

This   enormous and rare flower grows in the forest of Southeast Asia,   including the Phillipines. Its large flower can grow to 3 meters in   diameter and weigh up to 11 kilograms. It does not have any leaves,   stem, or roots and because of lacking clorophyls this plant can not   photosynthesize making it a parasite, living on other plants nutrition.   The flower has five petals red in colour and has white spots, which   surrounds the middle of the flower much like a hole. At the base of the   flower there is a part which has needles and contains the reproduction   parts of the flower.

Rafflesia Arnoldii reproduces   with the help of flies that are attracted to the flowers smell (which   some observers say smells much like bad meat and rotten eggs mixed). The   flower only lasts for five to seven days and then dies.