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DESCRIPTIVE
DESCRIPTIVE
an essay considerably.16
attention and makes him/her read the text until the tip.17 It means that the
before describe.
Every writing form has its purposes. Descriptive has its own
1) To see, means to help the reader to see the objects, persons, and
how its processes are more complex and beautiful than non observers
can realize.19
c. The Criteria for Good Description
are describing. So when the students describe what a person looks like, the
hair color. There are two keys to writing a good description. The first key
from top to bottom of left to right. For example, when they describe a
person, they could start with the person’s feet. They could describe a room
from left to right or form right to left. Imagine that they are standing at the
doorway and write about each part of the room in order, moving from the
left side of the room around to the right side, and ending at the doorway
again. The second key to write a good description is to use specific details.
When students describe something, they paint a picture with words. The
goal is to make the reader see what they have described. The way to do
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this is to use many specific details, specific means exact, precise. The
more specific they can do, make the readers can see what they are
describing.20
a good writing the writers could master in two keys namely space order
wherein describe something you can describe from bottom to left or left to
right and specific detail wherein describe something you can use words to
explain about the picture so the readers will imagine the form of picture
support the information including the text. Knapp and Watkins declare
3) Action verbs are used when describing behaviors or uses, i.e. the
of a noun group, i.e. turtles are covered with a hard, box-like shell.
text, there are some generic structures for our writing to be true. The
arrangement is:
1) Identification
2) Description
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Description describes parts, qualities, and characteristics.
description are:
Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the
Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight
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step like stone terrace. The first-five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with
Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of
bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of
the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways.
The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at
Angkor, Cambodia. 10
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On Sunday, my parents, my best friend Novi, and I visited a cave at Maros called 1
Leang-leang . It was my first time to visit the cave, better yet, my best friend came to visit
it with me!
The cave was famous for its primitive cave wall paintings which were some hand
prints and wild boar paintings. The cave and its surroundings was turned into a national 5
park, so it was taken care of. My parents took a rest in a small hut for visitors of the park,
while Novi and I adventured around the cave with a guide. We had to climb some metal
stairs to get to the cave, because the cave was embedded into a small mountain. Next stop
was a place where some seashells littered the ground and some were actually piled into a
big mound! The guide said that these piles of seashells are called kjokkenmoddinger, or
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kitchen trash. The humans who lived here ate the shells and dumped the left overs in their
'kitchen'. The last place was a small museum where they have skeletons of the humans
who lived in the caves. The skeletons along with some roughly made jewelry and weapons
were placed inside glass cases for display. The walls of the museum were adorned with 15
photographs taken when they did an excavation there.
1 After a quick lunch with Novi and my parents, we decided it was time to go back
home. We really had the time of our lives!
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8. What is the topic of the text?
a. My Holiday
b. The adventure to Leang-leang cave
c. Leang-leang cave
d. I and my best friends vacation
9. Why is the cave famous?
a. because of its primitive cave wall paintings.
b. because it is my first time to visit the cave.
c. because it belongs to a national park.
d. because of the small mountain.
10. When did her parents take a rest?
a. while the writer did an excavation.
b. while Novi and the writer went around to the cave with the guide.
c. while they went to a national park.
d. while they visited the mountain.
11. “… it was taken care of….” (Line 6)
What does the underlined word mean?
a. Ignored
b. Clean up
c. Maintained
d. Covered
12. The word „guide‟ in Line 10 is a person …
a. who shows many places.
b. who shows the way to others.
c. who teaches visitors.
d. who comes to a tour.
13. According to the text, where did they go after seeing seashells? (Line 8)
a. a small mountain.
b. skeleton house.
c. a small museum.
d. have for lunch.
14. What are the benefits of skeleton?
a. It can be used to make jewelry and weapons.
b. It can be eaten.
c. The people use it to keep themselves.
d. It is used to decorate the cave.