DESCRIPTIVE TEXT pt 1

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Definition of Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text is a type of text in English that clearly describes the properties inherent in something, be it humans, animals, plants or inanimate objects. The purpose of this text is to provide clear information about the object described to the reader.


Purpose of descriptive text 

to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader’s mind.


Characteristics of Descriptive Text


The characteristics possessed by descriptive text are that the text contains descriptions that focus on only one object . Usually the description is detailed. For example, Descriptive Text about animals. The text can contain various information about physical descriptions, food, habitat and origin, breeding, to unique facts related to these animals. Another characteristic of Descriptive Text is that the grammar tenses used are simple present tense .

  • Using Simple Present Tense

This text uses the Simple Present Tense because we will describe the facts attached to an object, and one of the functions of the Simple Present Tense itself is to show a fact or truth.

  • Using many adjectives (adjectives).

Because the function of this text is to provide information by describing an object being described, in Descriptive Text there will be many adjectives . Examples are big, small, colorful, and so on.

  • Use connecting verbs.

A relative verb is a verb that gives an explanation to the noun that is the subject of a sentence. For example: is, have, seem, appear, and other verbs.


Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

Descriptive text has its own rules regarding its structure. The following is a generic descriptive text structure:

1. Identification

This section, located in the first paragraph, aims to identify an object to be described. Identification serves to introduce the reader to the object that we will describe, before we tell about the object in more detail in the next paragraph.


2. Description

This section, located in the second paragraph and so on, contains the characteristics inherent in something that you have introduced to the reader in the first paragraph.


Example of descriptive text

Short Descriptive Text Example 1

Jember Regency

Jember is a regency in East Java. It is located in between Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Banyuwangi is regency that is located at the easternmost end of Java Island, before Bali Strait, so that we can know that Jember is near enough from Bali Island.

Jember is a beautiful place. In Jember, there are a lot of interesting places to visit, such as Papuma Beach, Watu Ulo Beach, Watu Ondo, Pancer Beach, Rembangan, and so on. Jember also has a famous carnival, named Jember Fashion Carnaval. It is an international annual fashion carnival which is usually held in August. Beside some beautiful places and a famous carnival, Jember also has a unique culture. People usually called it as Pendhalungan. Pendhalungan is an acculturation culture between Javanese and Maduranese. Jember has a total area of ​​3,293.34 km 2. Because of that, it creates a different culture between North Jember and South Jember. In North Jember, there are a lot of Maduranese people and they usually speak Maduranese. On the other hand, In South Jember, not many Maduranese people live there. It is dominated with Javanese people. Because of that, it creates a new unique language which other regency do not have. The example is the word “Check” which means “very”.









History of Prambanan Temple 





Prambanan Temple was built during the reign of the Medang Mataram Kingdom (Ancient Mataram). Based on candrasengkala, the formulation of the year on the Siwagrha inscription, this temple is estimated to have been built in 778 Saka (856 AD).


In the book Inscription Indonesia II: Selected Inscriptions from the 7th to the 9th Century AD (1956), Prambanan Temple was built as a memorial to the victory of Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala, the king of Medang Mataram against Pu Kumbhayoni. 

Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala who was given the uparata throne by Jatiningrat -- suspected of being Rakai Pikatan Dyah Saladu -- felt the need to build a monument as a sign of his royal victory.

 Meanwhile, Kusen in the Ancient Mataram Kings from Sanjaya to Balitung, A Reconstruction based on the Wanua Tengah III Inscription (1994) states that the word uparata is interpreted as "died". This statement is in accordance with the contents of the Wanua Tengah III inscription, which states that Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala ascended the throne on 27 May 855 AD. 

Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala is believed to have led Medang Mataram from 855 to 885 AD. According to the above source, Prambanan Temple was built to commemorates the kingship of the previous king, as a dharma for Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala's father, Rakai Pikatan Dyah Saladu. The Siwargrha inscription was also inaugurated by Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapala. 

The Prambanan temple complex was originally surrounded by the current of the Opak river which meanders to the east, adjacent to the temple construction. Worried about erosion that could damage the temple building, King Dyah Lokapala intended to change the direction of the river's flow. 

Finally, a drain was made to divert the Opak river to the north-south axis. The original former river current was piled up as the development of a row of Perwara Temples.



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