Learning Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text

Definition

       Descriptive text is describing characteristics of person, thing, and place.

Generic structure

       Identification : indentifying someone, something that will be described

      

       Description: describing someone, something in parts, qualities, and characteristics.

            
            Language features

1.    Use certain noun

2.    Use present tense

3.    Use adjective

4.    Detail noun phrase
                                                  The Example Of Descriptive Text

CLEOPATRA

One of the most famous women in world history was Cleopatra VII. She was the brilliant and beautiful last Pharaoh of Egypt. Historically, she became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C. at the age of eighteen. She was a Ptolemy, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals. When she was twenty-one, Julius Caesar became her lover. Seven years later she met Antony. The romantic tragic relationship continued until they died by suicide in 30 B.C.

Cleopatra was legendary. She was famous not only for her breathtaking beauty but also for her great intellect. She had brown eyes and they were shaped like cat eyes. Her skin was in fact an olive shade, darker than Hollywood actress Liz Taylor who potrayed her in the film 'Cleopatra' in 1963. She had medium dark brown hair, about to the middle of her shoulder blades. She had a reputation as an extraordinarily sensuous woman.

 Cleopatra was a woman of remarkable poise and unusual intelligence. She was highly educated. She spoke proficiently in nine languages and also skilled in mathematics. She is often considered to be a stunning seductress though she was studying to be a nun. Cleopatra was a very intelligent queen and a politician with a great charisma.

                                          KANGAROO

Kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea. Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very strong back legs and a tail. These are use for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three metres high. They can also run  at speeds of over 45 kilometeres per hour. The larges kangaroos are  the Great  Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos. Kangaroos are marsupials. This mean that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends first five months of life.

Read And Answer The Questions!

                        PARIS

 
Paris is the capital city of france. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world’s most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and park are found throughout paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, paris is often called the city of light.

Every year, million of people visit paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of paris. The lourve, one of the world’s largest art museum, draws many visitors the catherdal of  Notre Dame, a famous church, is another favourite palace to visit.

Discuss the following question:

1.      What do you think about Paris?

2.      Compare between paris and Jakarta?

Post Reading activity

A.    Based on the text, the  statement below is true, except.....

1.      Paris is the most beautiful and crowded cities in the world.

2.      Paris has the Eiffel Tower.

3.      The Eiffel Tower has the same shapes as the catherdral church.

4.      The famous church is Notre Dame.

5.      The Louvre is the lagerst art museum in the world.

B.     Why is paris called “City of  Light” ?

C.    What is the symbol of  Paris?