Descriptive Text

​Definition

Descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others.

Descriptive Text

Function

• To describe person, thing or place in specific

• To describe a particular person, thing or place.

contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by decribing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe

Description

contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be described

Identification

Generic Structure

Example of Descriptive Text

My Junior High school’s building is not too far from my home. I usually go there by riding bicycle. I only need around 5-7 minutes to get there.

My school is not too big like the other school which has football field and auditorium. The main building only has 12 rooms. Each grade is divided into 4 classes. In addition to that, my school has also one basketball court, one laboratory, one hall, one mosque, one canteen, a teacher’s room, toilets and parking area.

One place that I love most at school is the bench near a small pond. At the break time, I always sit at that bench and see the fish swimming. Aside from daily routine in school which start from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m., in the afternoon I also go there to play or just to see basketball exercising.