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The Definition of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is text that aims to explain or describe something.
(the shape can be anything, be it animals, objects, locations, and etc)
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The Fact of Descriptive Text
1. Descriptive text provides information about how something or someone
looks, this text uses words to describe what something or someone is like.
2. Descriptive text also provides facts about how Indonesian is actually used
according to the rules and how this text should be used.
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The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
1. Identification: Introduction, in the form of an overview of a topic.
2. Description: contains special characteristics possessed by objects, places, or
how an object is described. For example the characteristics, physical
appearance, and other things which are then written specifically.
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1. NOUN
Using specific principle such as think, person, place, animals.
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2. SIMPLE TENSE
Using the basic verb and using the principle verb can show the
ownership or state of an object. Including Past, Present, and Future tense.
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2. SIMPLE TENSE
Simple Past ( Subject + V2 + Object )
Ex: They ate fried rice
We lived in Surabaya
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2. SIMPLE TENSE
Simple Present ( Subject + V1 + Object )
Ex: I have a dream
He likes chocolate
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2. SIMPLE TENSE
Simple Future ( Subject + will + V1 + Object )
Ex: I will learn a new language.
Jen will read that book.
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3. ACTION VERBS
Using the verb principle shows an activity or an activity that can be seen
(physical and mental action).
For example: jump, run, walk, climb / think, hope, decide, learn, perceive,
imagine, believe, expect, wish, want, prefer, dan cry
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4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Using Indonesian figurative principles or describing something, usually
using a metaphor to provide an illustration to the reader.
For example: My love for you is as massive because the ocean. Her skin is as
white because of the snow.
(Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Synecdoche, and Onomatopoeia)
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4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Simile
that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and
they are commonly used in everyday communication
Metaphor
compares two things that are not alike. do not use the words “like” or
“as”
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4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Hyperbole
that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor.
Personification
the attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects. Using
personification affects the way readers imagine things, and it sparks an
interest in the subject.
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4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Synecdoche
that uses one part to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to the part.
Onomatopoeia
that names something or an action by imitating the sound associated
with it. They add some reality to the writing.
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