Descriptive Text Part I, II, III

Name: Valerie Christabel Hariko

Class: XII IPS 1 (34)

Hi guys! Welcome back to my blog😉. Today, our topic is descriptive text. Don't worry guys, this topic is genuinely easy. So lets study with me😊

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT, or in terms of writing only known as “description” is one of English lessons that should be mastered not only by junior high school students but also senior high school students, college students and anyone who loves English. Because after all, descriptive material is very necessary for the increasing of our English proficiency.

Some of the most famous authors, especially fiction writers, have good skill in writing descriptive text, so that their writing is very readable and easy to understand. Therefore, if we were able to master this lesson well, we might be able to become a great writer in the future.

Furthermore, I hope this explanation and example of the descriptive text can help my friend who is still in a long journey to learn English. Do not hesitate to read the explanation of descriptive text below, the more often we read about this text we will be able to understand it more. Furthermore it would be nice if we do not only understand mere, but also we can also write descriptive text ourselves.

Definition of Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

In a broad sense, description, as explained by Kane (2000: 352), is defined like in the following sentence:

Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception.

Thus, if we conclude it from Kane’s explanation above, the descriptive text is meaningful text that describes the experience related to the senses, such as what shape, sound, taste is. Most descriptive text is about visual experience, but in fact the experience other than the sense of sight, we can also use it to make descriptive text.

But in particular, the descriptive text is, “…… is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.”

So, it can be said that the descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others. The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object, either abstract or concrete.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our writing to be true. The arrangement is:

# Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be described.)

# Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Purpose of Descriptive Text

– To describe person, thing or place in specific

– To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text

– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim

– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.

– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.

– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….

My Video Explain About Descriptive Text

Descriptive Text Part 1

Part 1: make descriptive text about historical buildings.

Liberty Statue

The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World or mostly known as The Statue of Liberty is located in Liberty Island in New York Harbor, United States. This national building is symbol of freedom. It was a gift from The French to United States to celebrate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence.

Liberty Statue is made of 3.16 inch thick of copper sheets. The appearance of the statue is believed to be representing the Roman goddess of freedom. Its right hand is holding a torch, and the left hand is holding a book with the date of the American Declaration of Independence written on it. The colour of the statue was rusty brown, but after 30 years of oxidation process, it turns into green as we can see now.

The height of the statue measured from its base is 46 meters, but when it is measured from the ground, it is 93 meters. The height of the head is 14 feet. The width of the eye is 28 inches. The length of the nose is 3 feet 9 inches. The length of the forefinger is 8 feet. The total weight of the statue is 440.000 pounds

Descriptive Text Part 2

Part 2: make descriptive text about recreation places.

Pink Beach

Pink Beach or Pantai Merah Muda is one of the beaches in Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara. The beach is called Pink Beach because the sand beach is pink. The pink color of its beach is a mixture of white sand beach colors mixed with crushed coral, shells, calcium carbonate from marine invertebrates that are very small, and also Foraminifera, microscopic amoeba that has a red body shell.

At Pink Beach, there are so many marine organisms. No fewer than 1,000 species of fish, 260 species of coral, and 70 species of sponge can be found here. Having so much marine life, this place is a proper spot for snorkeling and diving for sea sports lovers.

Descriptive Text Part 3

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Procedure Text Questions

Name: Valerie Christabel H

Class: XII IPS 1 (34)

This text for number 1-3

A quick and easy cheese cake recipe

Yield : 6 servings
Prep. Time :5 minutes
Cook Time : 40 minutes
Total Time : 45 minutes

Ingredients:
16 ounces cream cheese, 2 packages, softened
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 prepared Graham cracker crust

Directions:
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until well-blended. Blend in 2 eggs. Stir in chocolate chips then pour batter into Graham cracker chust. (you may sprinkle ¼ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips on top if you desire).
Bake at 35calcius for 40 minutes, or until certer is almost set. Cool.
For best results refrigerate for 3 hours.

1. How many persons is the cake for?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 6
D. 35
E. 2

2. The goal of the text is to tell about . . . . .
A. how to beat cream cheese
B. how to blend sugar and vanilla
C. how to bake chocolate cheese and cake
D. how make chocolate cheese cake
E. how to make mini sweet chocolate chips

3. The text is called a/an . . . . .
A. explanation
B. description
C. procedure
D. report
E. spoof

This text for number 4-5
How to Make Starfruit Punch
Ingredients
• 250 gr yellow starfruit in slices
• 100 ml water 2 spoonful of vanilla
• 8 teaspoonful of lemonade extract Procedure
• Put slices of starfruit and water in the blender. Wait until it’s soft. Skim it.
• Add syrup, lemonade extract, and soda water. Stir thoroughly.
• Pour it in the glass and put in the ice cubes.

4. What is the text about?
A. How to make starfruit punch
B. The ingredients of starfruit punch
C. How to use blender
D. How to stir thoroughly
E. How to slice starfruit

5. …..lemonade extract and soda water. Stir thoroughly. The word “stir“ means….
A. to make smooth
B. to boil
C. to cut
D. to make dry
E. to move an object in order to mix it

Procedure Text Part I, II, III, IV, and V

Name: Valerie Christabel Hariko

Class: XII IPS 1 (35)

Hi guys welcome back to my blog!😉. In this post I want to discuss about one type of text that must be understood by English learner in Indonesia, that is procedure text. Have you learn this type of text in your school? I am sure most of students that like English lesson have been familiar with this kind of text, right?😊

Before I explain about this text, I want to ask you, Do you like cooking? Cooking is something that usually we do every day, especially for woman. Cooking can be enjoyable activity if we like it but there are some people lazy to cook or even afraid because they cannot make delicious food. To help them, people who cannot cook can see recipes. Recipes are very helpful. When we want to make delicious food, we need recipe because there are steps that can lead us to do it. Recipe is an example of procedure text.

Another example is book instruction. When you buy a new TV or a new phone cell, there must be a book instruction in the box. Book instruction is also one of the examples of procedure text. When you want to download something from the internet, there are steps before we do that. Those steps are also procedure text. Then, what is procedure text actually?

Definition

There are three definition about procedure text : (1)Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax. (2) Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules. (3) Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g how to live happily, how to succeed

Generic Structure of Procedure Text

# Goal : (e.g : How to make spaghetti)

# Material or Ingredient : (e.g : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. )

# Step : (e.g : first, wash the tomatoes, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice. . . )

Purpose of Procedure Text

– To explain/tell (the reader) how to make/operate/do something through a sequence of actions or steps.

– To explain steps/instruction to make/operate/do something

Language Feature of Procedure Text

– Use adverbial of sequence / Using temporal conjunction (e.g: first, second, third, the last)

– Use command / imperative sentence (e.g : put the noodles on the . . ., cut the onion. . ., wash the tomatoes. . . )

– Using adverbials (Adverbs) to express detail the time, place, manner accurate, for example, for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.

– Using action verbs, e.g : make, take, boil, cook

– Using Simple Present Tense

My Video: Explain about Procedure Text

Procedure Text Part 1

Practice 1

I need match the words with the same meaning.

And this is my answer

Practice 2

1. Read the text and find the words that you don't understand, then open your dictionary to search the meaning of that words.

2. Read both of the text and record it.

So this is the word that I don't understand

And this is my video when I read text 1

This is my video when I read text 2

Practice 3

Read the text and answer the questions below.

And this is my answer

Practice 4

Question

Answer

Practice 5

The questions

And this is the answer

Practice 6

Read the above text carefully and complete the following table.

And this my answer 

Part 7

The questions

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Part 8

The questions

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Part 9

The questions

This is my answer

Part 10

The questions

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Procedure Text Part II

Make Procedure Text: HOW TO DO

So this is the procedure text that I make:

How To Do Makeup For Beginners

1. Start with clean skin. Wash with a gentle cleanser or simply use a toner to wipe away any impurities from your skin.

2. Apply a light moisturizer. This will keep your skin from getting too oily during the day, and will help moisturize any dry patches on your skin. If you know you have oily skin don't skip moisturizer entirely; instead try a gel based formula that your skin will absorb quickly.

3. Dab on a tinted moisturizer or a light foundation to your skin. Apply just a few spots with your fingers to your forehead, cheeks, nose and chin, then blend with fingers, or a foundation brush, working the spots outwards from the center in all directions. 

4. Put a little concealer under the eyes. Use a small pointed brush to dot a bit where under-eye circles are darkest, usually at the inner and outer corners of the eye. Add a speck to other blemishes that aren't covered by the foundation and blend into the skin.

5. Set the concealer and moisturizer with a translucent powder. Apply it to your face, ideally using a velvet-y powder puff (as opposed to a powder brush, as that leaves a lot of loose powder) in a pressing motion. 

6. Apply an eyeshadow of your choice to your eyelid. For beginners, try a single neutral shade like taupe or aubergine. Use a rounded shadow brush or your finger and make quick, short swipes across the lid, working your way up to the brow bone.

7. Apply eyeliner. Use a black or brown pencil and apply along the rim of your upper lash line in short strokes.

8. Curl your lashes. Place a lash curler at the base of your upper eyelashes (along the lid) and press for five seconds. After this, apply mascara. Apply to the upper and lower lashes with the tip of the wand oriented towards the outer corner of your eye. 

9. Apply blush to the apples of your cheeks. Smile as you do this so you can clearly see where the apples are. Dab on the blush and blend upwards towards your temples.

10. Apply lipstick or lip gloss. Pucker your lips like you're about to plant a kiss and dab the lip color to the center of your upper and lower lip. This first application can be straight from the tube; then, use your fingers to blend outwards, adding color with your fingertips as needed.

11. Check yourself in bright light - daylight if possible - to make sure everything is blended and beautiful. You're done!

Procedure Text Part III

Make a Procedure Text: HOW TO USE

So this is the procedure text that I make:

How To Use A Liquid Detergent To Treat The Stubborn Stains

If you want to treat stubborn stains with a liquid detergent, please prepare the followings:

1. Liquid detergent

2. Normal detergent

3. Water

4. Washing Machine

If you have prepared the appliance and all materials, follow these directions:

1. Pour a small amount of the liquid detergent onto the stain and let it sit for a few minutes.

2. Massage the detergent gently into the material.

3. Place the item in the wash with your normal detergent.

4. Turn on your washing machine and wait until it finishes its washing time.

5. Check whether or not the stains have gone. If the stains are still there, repeat the steps.

Procedure Text Part IV

Make A Procedure Text: HOW TO MAKE

So this is my procedure text that I make:

How To Make Fried Chicken

Seasoning Ingredients:

* 1 kg chicken, cut into pieces

* 1 pepper powder

* 1 teaspoon garlic powder

* ½ teaspoon salt

* ¼ teaspoon chilly powder

* Oil

Ingredients of dry ply:

* 100 grams of maizena flour

* 400 grams of flour

* ½ teaspoon baking soda

* ¼ teaspoon msg (If you like)

* 1 teaspoon garlic powder

* 1 teaspoon instant broth powder chicken flavour

Ingredients of liquid ply:

* 300 grams of flour

* 300 ml cold water

* 40 grams maizena flour

* ½ tablespoon milk powder

* ½ teaspoon baking soda

* ½ teaspoon pepper powder

* ¼ teaspoon salt

* ¼ teaspoon msg

an egg yolk

How to make:

1. Liquid ply: Mix , cornmeal , of milk powder , baking powder , pepper , salt and msg. Stir it slowly. Put the egg yolk and water little by little while stirring until it’s mixed well. Keep it in a refrigerator or private cold .

2. Dry ply: mix all of dry ply

3. Season the chickens with salt, pepper, garlic, ad chilly powder. Mix it well for about 15 minutes.

4. Roll the pieces chicken into dry ply until all of the surface is full of flour. Dip it into liquid ply and roll it back into the dry ply. Do the same steps again.

5. Heat the oil and fry it until the color is brown. Lift it up. Drain it and set in serving dish.

6. Serve it with chilly sauce or tomato sauce.

Procedure Text Part V

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