Descriptive Text

Wismo Dwikoraningsih, M.Pd

Bahasa Inggris Wajib

KELAS X
• Definisi dan fungsi Descriptive text.
• Descriptive text adalah suatu jenis teks yang bertujuan untuk
menjelaskan atau mendeskripsikan orang, binatang, tempat ataupun
suatu benda. Umumnya, yang dideskripsikan adalah bentuk, ciri,
ataupun sifatnya.

• Struktur Teks
• Adapun struktur dari descriptive text adalah sebagai berikut:
* Identification: pengenalan objek atau hal yang akan
dideskripsikan.

* Description: penginformasian ciri-ciri objek, misalnya sifat-sifat

psikologis perilaku, tampilan fisik, dan yang lainnya secara spesifik.

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Unsur kebahasaan:

• Nouns: kata benda yang spesifik, misalnya my best friend,

Borobudur Temple, dan lain – lain. Selain itu, terkadang juga
menggunakan kata benda yang mendapat pemberian kata sifat,
misalnya an intelligent student dan a big garden

• Simple present tense: menggunakan kata kerja bentuk pertama

(verb1) dan juga kata kerja yang dapat menggambarkan keadaan
objek atau mengisyaratkan kepemilikan, misalnya my house has 2
living rooms, Sinta is beautiful, dan lain – lain.

• Adjective: kata sifat digunakan untuk menjelaskan objek.

• Figurative language: menggunakan bahasa figuratif seperti simile

atau metafora sebagai cara untuk memberikan ilustrasi
perbandingan, misalnya: My throat is as dry as a dessert
(tenggorokanku sekering gurun).
 Borobudur
 
BOROBUDUR IS A HINDU – BUDDHIST TEMPLE BUILT IN THE 9TH
CENTURY UNDER THE SAILENDRA DYNASTY OF JAVA. IT IS LOCATED
NEAR MAGELANG ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA, INDONESIA.
ABANDONED IN THE 11TH CENTURY AND PARTIALLY EXCAVATED BY
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BOROBUDUR TEMPLE IS
WELL-KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. INFLUENCED BY THE GUPTA
ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA, THE TEMPLE IS CONSTRUCTED ON A HILL 46 M
(150 FT) HIGH AND CONSISTS OF EIGHT STEP-LIKE STONE TERRACES, ONE
ON TOP OF THE OTHER. THE FIRST FIVE TERRACES ARE SQUARE AND
SURROUNDED BY WALLS ADORNED WITH BUDDHIST SCULPTURE IN BAS –
RELIEF; THE UPPER THREE ARE CIRCULAR, EACH WITH A CIRCLE OF
BELL-SHAPED STUPAS (BUDDHIST-SHRINES). THE ENTIRE EDIFICE IS
CROWNED BY A LARGE STUPA AT THE CENTRE OF THE TOP SIRCLE. THE
WAY TO THE SUMMIT EXTENDS THROUGH SOME 4,8 KM OF PASSAGES AND
STAIRWAYS. THE DESIGN OF BOROBUDUR, A TEMPLE-MOUNTAIN
SYMBOLIZING THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE, INFLUENCED TEMPLES
BUILT AT ANGKOR, CAMBODIA.
BOROBUDUR, REDEDICATED AS AN INDONESIAN NATIONAL
MONUMENT IN 1983, IS A VALUABLE TREASURE FOR INDONESIAN PEOPLE.
1. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS ... (A)

A. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE IS A HINDU – BUDDHIST

TEMPLE
B. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN THE 9TH
CENTURY BY SAILENDRA DYNASTY
C.BOROBUDUR TEMPLE LOCATED IN WEST JAVA
D. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE LOCATED IN MAGELANG
E. IT IS BUILT UNDER SAILENDRA DYNASTY

2. THE WORD “IT” (PARAGRAPH 1 LINE 2 ) REFERS TO

… (E)
A. INDONESIA
B. MAGELANG
C.SAILENDRA DYNASTY
D. WEST JAVA
E. BOROBUDUR
 
3. THE TEXT ABOVE IS KIND OF … (C)

A. ANECDOTE
B. NARRATIVE
C.DESCRIPTIVE
D. PROCEDURE
E.REPORT
 
4. WHAT MAKES BOROBUDUR TEMPLE WELL-KNOWN? (E)
A.BECAUSE IT HAS UNIQUE DESIGN AND HISTORICAL VALUE
B. BECAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE
C. BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN MAGELANG, WEST JAVA
D. BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT IN THE 9TH CENTURY UNDER SAILENDRA
DYNASTY
E. BECAUSE IT WAS INFLUENCED BY THE GUPTA ARCHITECTURE
 
5. WHAT DOES THE DESIGN OF BOROBUDUR SYMBOLIZE FOR ? (B)
A. HINDU – BUDDHIST RELIGION
B. THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
C. HINDU’S CULTURE
D. BUDDHIST’S RELIGION
E. ARCHAEOLOGISTS, CAMBODIA
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