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Generic Stucture:
a. Identification: identifies the phenomenon to be described
b. Description: describes parts, qualities, characteristics
Significant lexicogrammatical features:
Focus on specific participants, use simple present tense
Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Gajah (Elephants)
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The
African Elephant is described as the Loxodonta africana of Africa. They
are very large, grey, four-legged herbivorous mammals. They have almost
hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, prehensile trunk. Its
upper incisors form long curved tusks of ivory. African elephants have
large fan-shaped ears and two “fingers” at the tip of its trunk,
compared to only one in the Asian species. Furthermore, the
Indian Elephant is described as Elephas maximus of south-central Asia.
The ears of Indian elephants are significantly smaller than African
elephants.
Elephants are herbivores and eat all types of vegetation such as grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark. The facts tell that despite
the size of ears the elephant’s hearing is poor, because elephants ears
are used to aid ventilation. One of the softest parts of their body is
at the back of the ears, which is called the knuckle. In a zoo,
elephant trainers, called Mahouts, use their feet to steer or give
commands to the animal via the knuckle at the back of the ears.
Some other facts about the elephants are : The elephant is the largest of all land mammals; Life Span - elephants can live for up to 70 years; Elephants normally walk about 4 mph; Elephants are able to swim for long distances; Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating; They consume as much as 495 pounds of food per day; They live in tight social units led by an older matriarch; Males leave the herd between the ages of 12 and 15; Their tusks are of ivory and are actually enormously enlarged incisors; The elephant's eyes are small and its eyesight is poor, They have the largest brains in the animal kingdom.
1. Contoh Descriptive Text Tentang Hewan
Sebagai contoh pertama Descriptive Text Bahasa Inggris, maka disini akan diangkat tentang contoh Descriptive Text tentang hewan. Adapun judul Descriptive Text tentang hewan ini adalah "What is a Butterfly?". Untuk melihat contoh selengkapnya, silahkan lihat dibawah berikut ini.
What is a Butterfly?
Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.like all insects, they have six legs, three body parts, a pair of antennae, and compound eyes. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end). The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are connected to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs and wings move.
Butterflies ere very good fliers. They have two pairs, of large wings covered with colourful scales. Butterflies and moths are the only insects that have scaly wings. The wings are connected to the butterfly’s thorax (mid-section). Butterflies can only fly if their body temperature is above 27 degrees Centigrade. Butterflies sun themselves to warm up in cool weather. As butterflies get older, the colour of the wings fades and the wings become ragged.
The speed varies among butterfly species (the poisonous varieties are slower than noun – poisonous varieties). The fastest butterflies can fly at about 50 kilometers per hour (kph) or faster. Slow flying butterflies fly about 8 kph.
2. Contoh Descriptive Text Tentang Artis
Contoh Descriptive Text tentang artis disini akan dingkat tentang kisah kecantikan seorang artis Amerika Serikat yang bernama Miley Cyrus. Untuk melihat Descriptive Text ini secara lengkap, silahkan baca dibawah ini.
Miley Cyrus
Her name is Miley Cyrus. She is an actress and singer from USA. She was born on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee.
Miley Cyrus is the daughter of a country singer, Billy Ray Cyrus. Her mother is Dolly Parton, a famous American singer.
Miley Cyrus has an oval face. Her hair is wavy. The colour is brown. Miley Cyrus is a vegetarian. She doesn't like eating some meat.
Her favourite meal is Chinese food. Miley Cyrus has a bad habit. She likes to bite her nails very often.
3. Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Ibu
Sebagai contoh Descriptive Text bahasa Inggris yang ketiga adalah tentang contoh Descriptive Text tentang Ibu yang secara lengkap bisa dilihat dibawah ini.
My Mother
I think that my mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not short, and she has curly hair and brown. Her eyes color are like honey and her color skin color light brown, and she has a beautiful smile. Her weight likes 120 lbs.
She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she loves to help people. I love my mom, because she is a good example to me. She loves being in the Church, and she loves sing and dance too.
She is a very good child, wife and mother. She always takes care of her family. She likes her house to be clean and organized. She a very organized person, and all things in the house are in the right place. She doesn’t like messes.
She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like when I am going to sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to go to some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family have a problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all her love.
13 Juni 2013 pukul 18.37
'waaaaa keren loh artisnya miley cyrus hehe :D