Descrpitive text
Definition
A
descriptive text is a text which lists the characteristics of something.
Purpose
To describe a particular person, place or thing.
Parts:
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Identification : it identifies the phenomenon to be
described
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Description : it describes parts, qualities,
characteristics
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Conclusion(optional)
Language
features:
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Focus on specific
participants
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Use of
attributive and identifying processes
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Frequent use of
epithets and classifier in nominal groups
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Use of simple
present tense
Example:
My cat is a male cat named Pussy.
It has big body with soft white fur. Its eyes are
round and big. It has long thick fury
tail. Its face is oval with long whiskers.
Pussy is
a lazy cat but it is very funny. It sleeps during the day. It awakes at eating time only.
It doesn’t like playing but it likes lying down on the sofa. Anyway Pussy
always makes me smile. Its sound is funny. And it always accompanies me doing
my homework. I really love my cat, Pussy.
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