What is it?
English Language Grade 10
Descriptive Text
with Ms. Hana
Lesson
01 Outline
Definition of Descriptive Text
02 Purpose of Descriptive Text
03 Structure of Decriptive Text
04
Language Features of Descriptive
Text
05 Example of Descriptive Text
Definition of
Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is a text that describes a
particular object in detail.
In this text we would like to learn how to
describe an object clearly. It can be size, color,
shape, smell and so on.
Definition of descriptive text
Purpose of
Descriptive Text
The purpose of descriptive text is to describe an
object in detail.
these objects can be people, animals, things, or
place.
Remember, descriptive text only describes one
specific object in detail. So, if you want to write a
descriptive text, you might describe the
characteristics of one of your pet cats, not the
general characteristics of cats in the world.
Purpose of descriptive text
Structure of Descriptive Text
Identification Description
• Introducing where or • Describes parts,
who is the subject qualities, and the
being describe. characteristic of the
person, place, or thing
to be describe.
Structure of descriptive text
Language Features
01 Pronouns and possessive forms
Subject pronouns object pronouns possessive adjectives
possessive pronouns
I me my mine
You you your yours
he him his his
she her her hers
it it its its
we us our ours
they them their theirs
Language features of descriptive text
Language Features
01 Pronouns and possessive forms
example
Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. He is
a football player who started his career in a local club called Nacional da Liha da
Madeira. Christian Ronaldo started to know football from his father who is an
equipment manager in his first club. When he was 10 years old, he was already
recognized as a talented little boy in football. He loved football since kid even he was
often out of the house through the window just to play ball and left his homework.
Language features of descriptive text
Language Features
02 Adjective
Opinion : lovely, beautiful, diligent, delicious, easy, good, important, nice, cool, best, better,
bad, pretty, fantastic, difficult, comfortable, etc.
size : big, tall, large, huge, little, small, heavy, light, short, wide, etc.
condition : clean, broken, wet, rich, dirty, hungry, etc.
shape : long, triangle, annular, flat, oval, round, square, etc
color : red, black, blue, green, purple, white, yellow, etc.
example: Hanni is so pretty. She has an oval face, rounded eyes,
pointed nose, and long hair. She is smart and friendly.
Language features of descriptive text
Language Features
03 Adverb of Frequency
Always : selalu
Usually : biasanya
Often : sering
Sometimes : kadang-
kadang
Rarely : Jarang
Never : Tidak pernah
Every : setiap
Language features of descriptive text
example
I have a classmate at school. Her name is Mark Lee. We met often
to play and he was always nice to me. Mark's body was tall and
well-proportioned. His slender body made his friends envious. Mark
also has an actor-like face which many female students like.
He has straight hair with black color. His hobbies are running,
swimming and writing a poem. Mark is not only handsome, but also
very friendly to his friends and polite to his teachers. Mark always
smiled for those who greeted him. Every morning, Mark and I used
to go to school together.
At school, wherever I went, Mark was always with me. He is quite
hyperactive and has a funny response. During the holidays, Mark
often came to my house to play. Sometimes Mark would also stay
at my house and come home in the morning. We often go outside
to visit exciting places.
Describing person!
• likes...... + ing
• His/her name is...
• doesn’t like............ + ing
• he/she...... • what does she/he look like?
• is.... years old • he/she...........
• is..... (nationality) • is tall/short
• speaks..... (language) • is fat/skinny
• is from...... • has long/short hair
• lives in....... • has black/brown/red/blonde/gray
• is single/married hair
• has brown/black/blue/green eyes
Thank you for
attentive listening!
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