Descriptive Text

Dalam bahasa Indonesia, descriptive text adalah teks penggambaran.
Purpose: ( Tujuan )
To describe a particular place/ thing/ person ( Untuk menggambarkan orang atau hal atau tempat secara khusus )

Text Organization: ( Struktur Teks )
^ Identification (mention the special participant) ( Identifikasi : Menyebutkan tokoh yang khusus )
^ Description (mention the part, quality, and characteristics of subject being described) ( Deskripsi : Menyebutkan bagian, kualitas atau keunggulan dan karakter subjek yang sedang dibicarakan )

Language Features: ( Ciri Bahasa )
^ The use of adjectives and compound adjectives. ( Penggunaan kata sifat dan kata sifat majemuk )
e.g. :
- a five hundred seated football stadium.
- a beautiful ancient Roman opera house.
^ The use of Linking Verbs/ relating verbs.
e.g. :
- The temple is so magnificent.
- The temple consists of five terraces.
^ The use of Simple Present Tense
e.g. :
- The museum houses hundreds of Greek Statues.
- The hotel provides 450 rooms and a large swimming pool.
^ The use of degree of comparison
e.g. :
- The weather in Jakarta is hotter than Bandung.
- Bogor has the same weather as Ungaran.

Example

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is Hindu – Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular.

Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.