THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

1.      Purpose of the Descriptive text

·         Social function descriptive text

Social function of descriptive text is to describe a particular person, place, or thing.

2.      Generic Structure

Text Element	Content
Identification	It is part of paragraph which introduces or identifies the character to be described. It can be called general description of the subject. Usually it contains object’s name, kind of the object, etc.
Description	It is part of paragraph which introduces or identifies the character to be described. It can be called general description of the subject. Usually it contains object’s name, kind of the object, etc.

3.      Language Features

-        Focus on one specific object (The Victoria Falls)

-        Use the simple present tense

-        Use the adjective (large, wide, vertical, etc)

4.      Example of the descriptive text

THE VICTORIA FALLS
Identification	The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders, and note that the 'i' is silent) is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Description	It is claimed to be the largest. This claim is based on a width of 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) and height of 108 meters (354 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world. The falls' maximum flow rate compares well with that of other major waterfalls. For a considerable distance upstream from the falls, the Zambezi flows over a level sheet of basalt, in a shallow valley bounded by low and distant sandstone hills. The river's course is dotted with numerous tree-covered islands, which increase in number as the river approaches the falls. There are no mountains, escarpments, or deep valleys which might be expected to create a waterfall, only flat plateau extending hundreds of kilo meters in all directions. The falls are formed as the full width of the river plummets in a single vertical drop into a transverse chasm 1708 meters (5604 ft) wide, carved by its waters along a fracture zone in the basalt plateau. The depth of the chasm, called the First Gorge, varies from 80 meters (260 ft) at its western end to 108 meters (354 ft) in the centre. The only outlet to the First Gorge is at 110 meters (360 ft) wide gap about two-thirds of the way across the width of the falls from the western end, through which the whole volume of the river pours into the Victoria Falls gorges. There are two islands on the crest of the falls that are large enough to divide the curtain of water even at full flood: Boaruka Island (or Cataract Island) near the western bank, and Livingstone Island near the middle — the place that David Livingstone first saw the falls from in Zambia. At less than full flood, additional islets divide the curtain of water into separate parallel streams. The main streams are named, in order from Zimbabwe (west) to Zambia (east): Devil's Cataract (called Leaping Water by some), Main Falls, Rainbow Falls (the highest) and the Eastern Cataract. Taken by http://www.englishindo.com/2012/02/contoh-descriptive-text-6-obyek-wisata.html#ixzz3sDW52VbR

5.      Exercise

a.       Please re-write “The Victoria Falls” with your own words!

b.      Please find 10 words about “The Victoria Falls” from the box and make a sentence with it!

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c.       Please write the descriptive text about your favorite place and read it in front of class!

6.      Key Answer

b. water fall, Africa, island, mountain, sandstone, shallow, gorge, numerous

           

REFERENCE

http://www.carabelajarbahasainggrisoke.com/2014/06/pengertian-definition-of-descriptive-text-dalam-bahasa-inggris.html 5:34PM/22 November 2015

http://hudriatulhotimah.blogspot.co.id/2015/03/descriptive-text-material-1.html5:40PM/22 November 2015

http://www.englishindo.com/2012/02/contoh-descriptive-text-6-obyek-wisata.html 6:12PM/22 November 2015

                                                                                                                      BY: INGGRIT KAIHATU