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Descriptive Text: Taj Mahal & Bedugul

The document describes the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as text that describes what a person, place, or thing is like. It notes that descriptive text aims to describe and reveal its subject. It outlines the generic structures of identification, description, and language features like specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense, and action verbs.

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Descriptive Text: Taj Mahal & Bedugul

The document describes the key elements of a descriptive text. It defines descriptive text as text that describes what a person, place, or thing is like. It notes that descriptive text aims to describe and reveal its subject. It outlines the generic structures of identification, description, and language features like specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense, and action verbs.

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Definition

Descriptive text is a text which says


what a person or a thing is like.
The Purpose

The purpose of the descriptive text is to


describe and reveal a particular
person,
place, or thing.
The Generic Structures
• 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.
Language Features
• Specific participant : has a certain
object, for example : Pangandaran
beach, Botanical Garden and so
on.
• The use of the adjective to clarify the
noun.
• The use of simple present tense,
because tells the fact of the object
described.
• Action verb.
Specific
Participant
Taj Mahal
Iden
tific
Adjectiv
e ation

Simple

present Desc
tense
ripti
on
Action
verb

Desc

ripti
on
What are

Topic and Main idea


Topic

A topic is the word or phrase that


everything in a text refers back to.
Finding the topic
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, an epitome of love, is
actually a mausoleum.
Standing majestically on the banks
of River Yamuna, the Taj
Mahal is synonymous to love
and romance. Taj Mahal
was
constructed by Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan in the memory
of his beloved wife and queen. The
name “Taj Mahal” was
derived from the name of Shah
Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz
Mahal,
which means crown of palaces.

Topic : Taj Mahal


Main idea
The main idea of a paragraph is the
author’s idea about the topic. It
is
always a complete sentence that
includes both the topic and the idea
that the author wishes to express about
the topic.
Topic + Main point about the topic = Main Idea
Finding the main idea of a
paragraph
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, an epitome of love, is actually a mausoleum.
Standing majestically on the banks of River Yamuna, the Taj
Mahal is synonymous to love and romance. Taj Mahal was
constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory
of his beloved wife and queen. The name “Taj Mahal” was
derived from the name of Shah Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal,
which means crown of palaces.

Main Idea : Taj mahal, an epitome of love, is actually a


mausoleum.
Please find the topic and main idea on
the text in the next slide !
Bedugul in Bali Island
Bedugul is one of place in Bali that has wonderful
landscape. Bedugul is also one of famous place in Bali.
Bedugul is located on the peak of mountain,
located in
the centre north region of the Bali island near Lake
Bratan on the road between Denpasar and Singaraja.
There are many facilitates like market, rest room,
mosque, restaurant, and Balinese Temple. The Balinese
Temple name is Pura Ulun Danu Bratan. In there also
has major site the name is Eka Karya Botanic Garden, it
is the largest botanic garden in Indonesia.

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