descriptive

WHAT IS A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT?

A descriptive text usually focuses on describing a single location, object, event, person, or place. It endeavors to engage all five of the reader’s senses to evoke the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feel of the text’s subject.

As with all genres of writing, we can guide our students on how to best organize and structure a descriptive text effectively.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at how to choose a topic for a descriptive text, prepare an outline, and ultimately produce a well-written descriptive text.

Example:

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me. He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at home, but he usually does what he is asked to do. Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is the best badminton player in our family.

(sumber: pegangan guru untuk SMP/MTS oleh Bachtiar Bima Mustriana, 2009, PT Intan Pariwara)

“Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis.”

The underlined phrase can be replaced by ….

A. Dislike sport

B. Really likes sport

C. Hates sport very much

D. Finds sport not really entertaining

Jawaban: B

2. ”He is fourteen years old . . . Than me.”

The underlined word refers to ….

A. Peter

B. The writer

C. The writer’s brother

D. the writer’s family

Jawaban: B

3. “But he usually does what he is asked to do.”

The underlined phrase means …

A. He does anything he wants.

B. He always asks.

C. He is lazy.

D. He is diligent.

Jawaban D

4. What is the text mostly about?

A. Peter

B. Peter’s hobby

C. Peter’s family

D. peters’ elder brother

Jawaban A

5. From the text, we may conclude that….

A. Many people do not like Peter.

B. People is older that the writer.

C. Peter is a welcoming person.

D. Peter is not diligent at all.

Jawaban C

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