DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Presented by:
•Gaby Chevarrria
• Karina Gutierrez
• Ji Eun Kim
• Eileen Torres
•Shirley Lévano
THEORY
DEFINITION
o The text lists the characteristics of something.
Its purpose is to describe and reveal a
particular person, animal, place or thing
o A descriptive text wants you to picture what is being described
A nobel might want you to imagine the characters and see them in your mind
CHARACTERISTICS
o GENERIC STRUCTURE
- Identification
- Description
o SOCIAL FUNCTION
o SIGNIFICANT LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL FEATURES
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Attributive and Identifying Processes
Nouns
Adjectives
Noun phrases
Verbs (Simple present tense)
LANGUAGE
o It is a language that adds purpose, aesthetic value and emotion to a text
o The writer can describe exactly how a setting looks
how a character behaves or what action is taking place.
o Descriptive language doesn’t need to be
flowery or wordy.
Characteristics
Simple Present Tense
Adverbs
Adejctives
Metaphors and
similes
Simple Present Tense
o The present tense: often used in this
kind of text.
Tense
oThe past tense: to describe a certain
thing which is extinct or not available
nowadays.
o The passive form: can be used in
this case. (Like the past tense)
Adverbs
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Adverbs
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Adjectives
o To describe how something feels, looks, sounds, tastes and acts.
- Bibimbap is a tasty meal.
Metaphors and Similes
Simile
Metaphor
o Metaphors and similes are both methods of making comparisons.
o Simile, these comparisons are made using words like “like” or “as”.
o To mention someone swims very fast we can say
- “She swims like a fish”.
Metaphors and Similes
Simile
Metaphor
o A metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to
one another.
- “The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur”.
BENEFITS
o It helps the wirter to convey the meaning
behind the text.
o The benefit for the reader is the ability to more
clearly visualize what is being described.
STRUCTURE
Identification
• Identifying the phenomenon to be described
• Usually answer the following question: What’s the topic of
the text? What’s the text about?
Description
• Describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and
characteristics.
 We need to identify which particular thing we want to discuss in the
text.
 Structuring Identification is necessary in order to avoid having general
statement/clasification which belongs to report text.
 Identification introduces the main particular topic of the text.
EXAMPLES:
 Identification:
I live with my dad.
 Description:
My dad is big. He has spiky black hair and a
moustache. My dad has big dark eyes. His hobby is
playing football. My dad is a great football player. He
runs very fast. I love my dad.
EXAMPLES
Present
 The sunset fills the entire sky with the deep color
of rubies, setting the clouds ablaze.
 The waves crashes and dances along the shore,
moving up and down in a graceful and gentle
rhythm like they were dancing.
The past
 The old man was stooped and bent,
his back making the shape of a C and
his head bent so far forward that his
beard would nearly have touched his
knobby knees had he been just a bit
taller.
The passive
form
 In my town while I was passing down
the street the car was repaired by
Sam, a customer was being helped by
the salesman and the restaurant's
fantastic dinners had been being
prepared by Chef Jones.
Metaphors and
similes
 Simile:Your eyes are like sunshine. Metaphor:You are
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my sunshine.
Simile:You are like a rock. Metaphor:You are a rock.
Simile:You are as happy as a clown. Metaphor:You are a
clown.
Simile: He is as stubborn as a mule. Metaphor: He is a
mule.
Simile: Her heart is like gold. Metaphor: Her heart is
gold.
PRODUCTION
My cat Tita
Tita is my beautiful blond cat. She walks with pride and grace,
performing a dance of disdain as she slowly lifts and lowers each paw
with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. Her pride, however, does not
extend to her appearance, for she spends most of her time indoors
watching television and growing fat.
She enjoys watching cartoons, especially Tom and Jerry and Timon
and Pumbaa. She likes to eat a lot of Ricocat, she loves to play with
me and she is very lovely.
Tita does not establish her territory, as many cat experts think, but
she doesn’t like to sleep where other cats have slept.
What I like about her is that she is very friendly with my friends and
she likes to be stroked.