Descriptive text adalah sebuah teks dalam bahasa Inggris yang berfungsi untuk mendeskripsikan orang, tempat, atau benda. Descriptive text berbeda dengan report text.

Perbedaannya adalah dalam descriptive text mendeskripsikan sesuatu dengan lebih spesifik berdasarkan opini pribadi, sedangkan report text mendeskripsikan sesuatu dengan gambaran umum berdasarkan observasi atau fakta ilmiah yang ada.

Descriptive text adalah sebuah teks yang memiliki fungsi sosial untuk mendeskripsikan seseorang, tempat ataupun benda. Diharapkan penulis dalam menuliskan descriptive text dengan lebih spesifik berdasarkan opini pribadi.

Struktur Penulisan Descriptive Text

Terdapat dua generic structure (susunan penulisan) dalam descriptive text, antara lain:

• Identification, yang berisi tentang gambaran umum apa yang hendak dideskripsikan.
• Description, yang berisi tentang poin-poin yang ingin dijelaskan secara lebih mendetail dan terperinci

Tatanan Bahasa Descriptive Text

Dalam penulisan descriptive text, penggunaan tatanan bahasanya yaitu:

• Menggunakan Kata Benda

Kata beda spesifik yang dapat dideskripsikan. Contoh: my bag, my pet, Christian Ronaldo.

• Menggunakan Noun Phrase

Yang dimaksud dengan noun phrase adalah kalimat yang menjelaskan kata benda tersebut. Contoh: good football player, fluffy brown dog.

• Adjectives (Kata Sifat)

Menggunakan kata sifat untuk mendeskripsikan benda atau orang. Contoh: he is handsome, he is rich man.

• Action Verb

Penggunaan action verb digunakan untuk menjelaskan apa yang dikerjakan pada subject (benda atau orang) tersebut. Contoh: he plays in Real Madrid, he has slanted eyes.

• Simple Present Tense

Dalam penulisan descriptive text, penulis wajib menggunakan simple present tense untuk mendeskripsikan benda atau orang tersebut. Karena pada dasarnya fungsi dari simple present tense itu sendiri adalah untuk menjelaskan sesuatu yang yang terjadi merupakan suatu kebiasaan atau fakta.

Contoh Descriptive Text

Berikut ini contoh descriptive text:

Christian Ronaldo

Christian Ronaldo is a good football player. He plays in Real madrid and Portugal national team. His popular name is Ronaldo. He is handsome. He is fast as a rocket. (identification)

He has slanted eyes, pointed nose, he has amazing haircut, he also has a good body shape. Ronaldo is a good and generous person. He has a lot of fans in the world. His hobby is collecting a good and expensive cars. He also has jobs as model for many products. (description)

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My Sister Nara

This is my sister. Her name is Nara. She is 8 years old. She is in the 3rd grade. She likes drawing and colouring. She is very smart.

Nara is a small girl. She has long straight hair. Her eyes are brown. She has small lips. She is beautiful when she smiles.

Nara is very active. She likes to sing and dance. Although she is still eight, she is confident. She isn’t shy to perform in front of people. She is very attractive and cheerful girl.

My Favorite Singer

Raisa is my favorite singer. She is a singer from Indonesia. She has melodious voice. She has a lot of great songs such as Anganku Anganmu, Usai Di Sini and Bahasa Kalbu.

Raisa is beautiful. She has long hair. The color is black. Her face is oval. She has big eyes and pointed nose. Raisa is tall too. Her height is 1,70 cm. She has slim body. And her skin colour is fair. 

My Idol Lee Min Ho

I like an idol. His name is Lee Min Ho. He is an actor. He is from South Korea. He is very famous all around the world. He plays in so many famous drama such as The Heirs, The Legend of the Blue Sea and The Eternal Monarch.

Lee Min Ho is very handsome. He has thick hair. His hair always looks stylish. He has big eyes. He also has pointed nose and red lips. Lee Min Ho is very tall too. He is 1,87 cm and has white skin.

My Cute Pet

I have a pet in my home. It is a cat. It’s name is Snowy. It is a small cat. It’s fur is white. It has flat nose and green eyes. Snowy is very cute. It is funny too. Snowy likes running and playing with me. It also likes to eat fish. I love Snowy so much.

Luther, My Lovely Dog

I have a pet. It is a dog. It’s name is Luther. Luther is Siberian Husky dog. It has a big body. The color of the fur is black and white. It has long tail. Luther likes eating his dog food. It also drinks a a lot. I like playing with Luther. Luther likes to run and catch the ball I throw to him. I like my dog Luther so much!

My New House

This is my new house. It is in a big city. It is near a city park and not far from my school. The neighborhood is quite crowded.

My house is big. The color is brown. It has small garden in front of the terrace. There are a lot of flowers in that garden. It also has a car port where my dad parks his car.

My house has two floors. On the first floor, it has a small guest room. There is black sofa in there. Our living room is also in the first floor, near the dining room and the kitchen.  My mom loves to cook delicious food in that kitchen. There is also a small bathroom in the corner.

In the second floor, there are 3 bedrooms. They are my parent’s bedroom, my sister’s bedroom and the last one is mine. There is also a small balcony. My family and I like to sit in the balcony to see the stars together.

My Beautiful Garden

There is a small garden in front of my house. My garden is beautiful. My garden is not dirty. There is no rubbish there. It is very clean because my family and I take care of it. 

My garden is colourful. There are many flowers in there. There are red roses. It’s my favorite. And there are white roses too. The grass is green. My father cuts the grass regularly.

There is a short little wooden fence around my garden. The color is white. It keeps my garden from people so they will not step on the grass. My family and I always keep the garden. That’s why my garden is always beautiful.

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