LET'S LEARN ABOUT: DESCRIPTIVE

Every day we find something or someone new or even not in our life, such as person, animal, place, etc. Usually someone asks us about that something or someone, “how does it look?”, “how does it smell?” etc. And how do we answer that questions? So in this section, I will explain you about descriptive that can help you to answer that question.

What is descriptive?

Descriptive is a text that explain something from where the objects being described are located which is called spatial organization. (Smalley and Ruetten (1985)). A descriptive text can be scaled based on the three senses: visual, auditory and smell or called mood. It is a description of a person, place or thing: character sketch, description of setting, or object.

What is the purpose of descriptive?

Its purpose is to portray a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience.

The descriptive framework?

1.       Identification: identifying something in general.

2.       Description: describing something specifically (shape, smell, etc.)

The language features of descriptive?

a.       Using linking verb or verb of sense: look, smell, taste, see, seem.

b.      Using three parameter of sense: visual, auditory and smell.

c.       Using spatial order or organization

d.      Using multiple tenses based on the time: past, present, future

e.      Using analogy, metaphor etc.

The example of descriptive are Borobudur Temple, Indonesia, My Mom, Java Island, etc.

Have you understood? It is easy, right? So do not be confused if your friend, teacher or whoever who asks you to describe something. The example of it will be posted soon. Now, try to write and Happy Learning!