Today’s Lesson

Descriptive Text

Risca Ariska Ramadhan, M.Pd

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What is Descriptive Text?

“Descriptive text is a kind of text

that describes something/person in
particular (details).”
[Descriptive Teks adalah teks yang
menggambarkan sesuatu/manusia
secara terperinci].

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THE PURPOSE OF DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT

“The purpose of descriptive text is to

describe someone/something specifically to
the readers in particular or details.”

[Tujuan dari descriptive text yaitu untuk

MENGGAMBARKAN seseorang/benda
secara spesifik kepada pembaca dalam
ruang lingkup yang terperinci]

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Object of Writing (Objek
Penulisan)

Descriptive Text usually tells about:

1. People around us
2. Things around us
3. Tourism Places / City / Country
4. Company Profile
5. Biography of Famous/Successful Person

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 GENERIC STRUCTURE OF
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

• Identification : “It is a part of paragraph

which introduces or identifies the
character.” [berisi tentang identifikasi hal /
seseorang yang akan dideskripsikan.]
• Description : “It is a part of paragraph which
describes the character.” [berisi tentang
penjelasan / penggambaran tentang hal atau
seseorang dengan menyebutkan
beberapa sifatnya.]

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Descriptive text about my best friend,
Lina.

Lina is my best friend. She is a Junior

High School student. She is in the second
grade now and she is a smart student. Her
school is on Crocodile Street. The school
has twenty classrooms and one library. It
also has a wide school yard. Lina and her
friends like to play in the school yard. It is
fun to play there. She likes English lesson
very much. She thinks English is fun and
challenging.
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 LET’S PRACTICE!!
Practice 1

Questions!
1. What does Lina do?
2. Where is her school?
3. How many classroom does her school has?

4. How is her school yard?

5. What lesson does lina like?
6. What does she think about English?

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Descriptive text about myself

Hi, my name is Bambang. I was born in

Jombang on July 12, 1970. I live on eagle
street number 09 Jakarta with my family. I'm
not handsome. But I'm very lucky. I'm very
rich. I have many houses in Indonesia. Many
girls like me and want to get married with
me. I used to have sport several years ago.
But now I never do exercise. Look at my
body. It is too fat now. I feel too heavy.

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 LET’S PRACTICE!!
Practice 2
Questions!
1. What is the writer’s name?
2. When and Where was he born?
3. Where does he live?
4. How is the writer characteristic?

5. How is his body?

6. Why do many girls like him?

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- What is your name? - What is your father’s job?
- Where & when was you born? - What is your father’s characteristic? (- What
- How old are you? is your mother’s job?
- Where do you live? - What is your mother’s
- What is your job? characteristic? -
- Where is your school? - What is your brother/sister’s name?
- What is your characteristic? - How old is she/he?
(height, weight, your hair, your - What is your brother/sister’s
eyes, your face, attitude, etc.) job?
- What is your hobby? - What is your brother/sister’s
- What is your favorite characteristic? (physic & attitude)
food/drink? - Are you happy with your
- With whom do you live? family?

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Thank You!
See you next time
My name is Risca Ariska. I was born on
Desember

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