Descriptive Text

SOCIAL FUNCTION

To describe a particular person, place, or thing.

TEXT STRUCTURES

1. Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described (what/who).

2.  Description: describes parts, qualities, characteristics.

LANGUAGE FEATURES

- Focus on specific participant: my teacher, my house, my rabbit, etc.

- Using Simple present tense. (To be: am, is, are, verb 1: go, goes, write, writes, have, has, etc)

- Using detailed noun phrase: to give information about subject. she is beautiful girl, he is a diligent student, etc.

- Using adjectives: smart, happy, young, dark, etc.