Descriptive text and example

Descriptive text

Description is a written english text in which the writter describes an object. In this text, the object can be concrete or abstract object. It can be a person, or camping, it can be any topic.

Descriptive is a text containing two component, identification and descriptions by which a writter describes a person ,an animal, a tree,house,as his topic.

The identification is to identify the object to describe. The description describes parts, qualities, and caracteristics of the parts of the object.

·        Text function

Describe a particular person, pleace or thing, and to give details information as clear as possible,about something. The aim of descriptive text is basically to give information. The social context of this text is to describe a specific thing, animal, or human being ( certain thing, our pets or someone we know well), it is different from report text which describes something in general ( for example a specific of animal species, an architect of certain era, and so on). We use the descriptive text to describe a particular person, place or thing. It focuses on specific participants. The description includes parts, qualities and characteristics

·        Text stucture

v  I   dentification     :  identifies phenomenon to be describes.

v         Description         :  describes parts body, qualities,characteristics (adjective)

Interesting details are needed in this pharagraph the author chooses words that can describe sights, sound,textures, smells, felling and tastes. In other words, the author organizes the sentences so that the reader can be imagine the scene being described

·        Gramatical aspect

1.       Focus on specific participants.
2.       Use of attributive(beautiful girl,handsome boy),and  identifying proccess (sleep,run,eat,take a bath).
3.       Frequent use of epithets and and classiffers in nominal groups.
4.       Use of simple present tense.
5.       Use third person ( she, he, it)
6.       The point of view in this text (third person)

       Tiger Animal

            Tigers are recognized by their orange, black , and white stripe pattern. A tiger’s front paws are large and strong to bring down prey. The tiger is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on Earth. The front paws of a tiger have five toes each. Tigers are famous for their thick, orange-tawny coats, gleaming amber-gold eyes, black to rich brown stripes, and long, whip-like tail. Most cats don't like to swim, but on a hot day Tigers love to swim. All tigers have a similar marking on their forehead,which resembles the Chinese symbol Wang, meaning King. Tigers do not purr.Unlike the domestic cat the tigers pupils are round. The tiger's foot print is known as the pug mark. There are five toes on a tigers forefeet and four on its hind feet. A tiger's night vision is six times greater than a humans. A tiger's canine teeth can grow up to three inches long and would be capable of crunching through the vertebrae of any creature on this earth. Adult tigers have thirty teeth.On average a tigers tail is around four feet long or half the length of its body. The tail gives the tiger extra balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers. The tendons in a tiger's leg are so strong that an animal has been known to remain standing after it has been shot dead.The Sumatran tiger has the most pronounced ruff around its neck. The South China tiger has the fewest stripes. The fore limbs of a tiger are more powerful than the hind limbs for grabbing large prey.
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