Descriptive texs
Teks descriptive merupakan teks yang
menjelaskan orang, tempat, atau benda tertentu. Jadi, dalam teks decriptif,
kita dapat menjelaskan orang, tempat, atau benda yang kita lihat atau miliki.
ð Struktur teks descriptive
1. Identification
Dalam bagian ini, kita mengidentifikasi orang,
tempat, atau benda tertentu yang akan dideskripsikan.
2. Description
Bagian
ini menjelaskan deskripsi yang rinci tentang orang, tempat, atau benda tertentu
tersebut yang meliputi bagian, kualitas, dan karakteristik/cirri-ciri. Di bagian
ini, orang yang membaca teks descriptive seharusnya memiliki gambaran tentang
orang, tempat, benda yang dijelaskan tersebut.
ð Ciri-ciri kebahasaan teks
deskriptif :
1.
Menjelaskan sesuatu yang khusus.
2.
Umumnya menggunakan simple present
tense.
3.
Menggunakan kata kerja attributive dan
identifying, misalnya have, work, is, are.
ð Contoh :
Borobudur
Borobudur is a hindu-budhist temple. It was
built during the ninth century, by the Syailendra Dynasty of ancient Mataram
Kingdom. Borobudur is located in magelang, central java, Indonesia.
It is well-known all over the world for
its construction, influenced by the gupta architecture of india. The temple is
constructed on hill 46 m high and consist of eight level terraces. The first
five terraces are squared and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture
and reliefs. The upper three are circular. Each of them is circled by bells
called stupa.
The distance from the base to the top
extends through some 4,8 km of passage and stairways. The design of Borobudur which
symbolizes the structure of the universe, is similar to temples in Angkor.
