DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Generic structures:
1. When describe people, we usually describe about appearances, personality and we use adjectives.
2. To describe people, we usually use simple present tense.
For example:
She is beautiful.
Rina has a long hair.
Bobby is funny.
Tania has big blue eyes.
Thommas is slim and tall.
3. We can combine some adjectives to describe people.
For example:
Big blue eyes.
Long black hair.
An expensive big red clothes.
A cheap small red american hat.
note: To combine adjective, the order is quality, size, age, shape, color and nationality; it is called compound adjective.
4. We can compare some adjectives to describe people.
For example:
Nita is taller than Sinta.
Wira is the tallest boy in my class.
My voice is louder than the teacher’s voice.
He is the most handsome boy in my math class.
She is as beautiful as her sister.
note:Comparative Degree
My name is the most beautiful name in class.
5. When using comparisan, do not use negative adjective.
For example:
I do not like her,
note:Avoid using negative adjectives because it will be considered impolite, instead use positive adjectives.
In our daily routines, we sometimes talk or discuss about people around us. It can be our friends, our relatives, our teachers, etc. In describing them, we need to describe it in detail in order the information is clear enough. Look at an example of describing people; describing the writer’s father.
I love my father so much. He is Mr. Eddy. He is a civil servant. He usually goes to work at 6.30. a.m. He goes to the office by motorcycle. He works every day from 7 a.m. till 2 in the afternoon.My father is not very big. He is about 165 cm tall. He has black hair and brown skin. He does not wear any glasses.
My father likes hiking and climbing to the mountain. He does his activities routine every 2 weeks with his old friends. He often asks me to go hiking or climbing.
I’m really proud of him.
Social Function
A descriptive text (people) aims to describe people in detail or specific for various purposes.
Generic Structure
Descriptive texts have the following structure:
Identification : introduce the person going to be described
Description : the description of the person going to be described in detail
Closing/ Conclusion: statement to summarize the person (optional)
Look at the example:
Identification
Rani is my new classmate. She is from Wonosobo, Central Java. She moves to this city because her parents have a new job in here. She is an easygoing person; she is friendly and so kindly to another that makes us like her quickly.
Description
Rani is a pretty girl. She is not very tall. She has long straight hair and fair skin. She has an oval face, pointed nose, and slanted eyes. She is dimple; that makes her so sweet when she smiles.
Rani likes Reading books in her spare time. She likes to read novels. She has many collections of fiction novels in her room. Amazingly, almost all the novels I want to read, she has it in her collections.
Closing/ Conclusion
I like her so much.
Language Features.
In describing people, we often describe a person by using the word replacing the person called by personal pronoun. In replacing the person, it depends on the subject itself, and the position of the word whether it is located in the subject or in the object, or as a possessive.
For example, in describing Rani in the text above, we can use personal pronoun like she, her, her parents, etc.
Look at the pattern of personal pronoun below.
A descriptive text is a text describing someone like family, friend, teacher, partner, etc. in describing people, there are some structures we have to notice; Identification (introduce the person), Description (detail description of the person), and Closing/ Conclusion (summarizing the person), the closing is optional. We can use personal pronoun to make our description more various.
DESCRIBING ANIMAL
1. When we describe about animal, we usually describe appearances, attitudes and we use adjectives.
2. To describe animals, we usually use simple present tense.
For Example:
“The tiger is running fast.”
“The tiger is roaring loudly.”
“The bird which is flying likes to sing.”
“My dog is very friendly and attractive.”
“My dong does not like cats.”
3. We can combine some adjectives to describe animals.
For example:
“soft brown fur.”
”nice little black American dogs.”
“a talkative big brown monkey.”
“an expensive tiny young white hedgehog.”
“a small gold fish.”
note:To combine adjective, the order is quality, size, age, shape, color and nationality; it is called compound adjective.
4. We can compare some adjective to describe animal.
For example:
“Cheetah is faster than tiger.”
“Dog is more friendly than cat.”
”My cat is cuter than his cat.”
“Monica’s fish is the most beautiful fish in our neighborhood.”
“Her cockatoo’s feather is softer than my cat’s fur .”
*note
Comparative Degree
5. When describe animals, we can describe about how they sound.
For example:
Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O
With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there
Here a "moo" there a "moo"
Everywhere a "moo-moo"
Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
(Old MacDonald, taken from http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/macdonald/mlyrics.htm)
In our daily routines, we sometimes talk or discuss about animals around us. It can be our pets or any animals interested to be described. In describing them, we need to describe it in detail in order the information is clear enough. Look at an example of describing animals; describing the writer’s new pet.
I have a new pet. It is a Persian cat. I got it from my sister last year. I call it Catty.
Catty is a sweet animal. She has soft white fur, and she walks gracefully to show that she is a special cat. Unlike the other cats, she likes to spend most of her time watching television.
Catty is so selective about her food. If she doesn’t like her meal, she will not approach it even she’s hungry. She also doesn’t like to sleep on her own bed. She prefers to sleep beside me in my bed. She knows well who her owner is. She always follows me to go anywhere, even if I want to go to school. I love catty so much.
Social Function
A descriptive text (animal) aims to describe animals like pets in detail or specific for various purposes.
Generic Structure
Descriptive texts have the following structure:
Identification : introduce the animal going to be described
Description : the description of the animal going to be described in detail
Closing/ Conclusion : statement to summarize the animal (optional)
Look at the following structure:
Identification
I have a new pet. It is a Persian cat. I got it from my sister last year. I call it Catty.
Description
Catty is a sweet animal. She has soft white fur, and she walks gracefully to show that she is a special cat. Unlike the other cats, she likes to spend most of her time watching television.
Catty is so selective about her food. If she doesn’t like her meal, she will not approach it even she’s hungry. She also doesn’t like to sleep on her own bed. She prefers to sleep beside me in my bed. She knows well who her owner is. She always follows me to go anywhere, even if I want to go to school.
Closing/ Conclusion
I love catty so much.
Language Features
Word Order
In describing animal, sometimes we have to describe two or more adjectives to show about their characteristics, appearances, etc.
In describing two or more adjectives, we have to know the pattern of which adjective come first, which one the second, etc. and it is called by word order.
Look at the following structure of word order.
Determiner : a, an, the, some, any, etc
Opinion : beautiful, smart, good, pretty, handsome, ugly, etc
Size : big, small, short, long, tiny, giant, etc.
Age : old, young, teenager, baby, child, new, traditional, modern, etc
Shape : square, round, triangle, oval, rectangle, etc.
Color : yellow, red, black, green, etc
Origin : Persian, Indonesian, etc.
Material : wooden, leather, etc.
Purpose : watering-can, etc.
Noun : hamster, cat, dog, etc.
Look at the example.
- I have a sweet black cat.
- My father buys a small young Persian cat.
- I see a square green turtle.
- I like his sweet grey fur.
- Etc.
A descriptive text is a text describing animals like pets, house-animals, etc. In describing animals, there are some structures we have to notice; Identification (introduce the animal), Description (detail description of the animal), and Closing/ Conclusion (summarizing the animal), the closing is optional. We can use word order to make our description more various. In the exercises below, you will read and learn how descriptive texts about animals are composed, and how specific adjectives are used.
DESCRIBING OBJECT
Generic structures:
1. When we describe about objects, we usually describe appearances and we use adjectives.
2. To describe objects, we usually use simple present tense.
For Example:
“The desk is four-legged.”
“The mirror is wide.”
“My doll is white and pretty.”
“Her computer is old.”
“Dodi’s bag is red and big.”
3. We can combine some adjectives to describe objects.
For example:
“a big blue Indonesian car.”
“an expensive new black guitar.”
“a small blue clock.”
“an old black Swedish watch.”
“a cheap small old white phone.”
note:To combine adjective, the order is quality, size, age, shape, color and nationality; it is called compound adjective.
4. We can compare some adjectives to describe objects.
For example:
“My water bottle is bigger than Anna’s.”
“My computer is the most antiques thing in my room.”
“Jenny’s dress is newer than mine.”
“His old photo is older than his own age.”
“Nina’s belt is bigger than Tobby’s belt.”
note:Comparative Degree
5. When describe objects, we can describe about how they sound.
For example:
“The clock on the wall is ticking.”
“Doni’s new car sounds like brum.. brum..”
“The ball in the field is bouncing, boing.. boing..”
“When the security is blowing his whistle, it sounds like pheewiiitt and it is very loud!”
In our daily routines, we sometimes talk or discuss about objects around us. It can be our toys, dolls, favorite things, etc. In describing them, we need to describe it in detail in order the information is clear enough. Look at an example of describing objects; describing the writer’s guitar.
I love my guitar so much. It is a gift from my father when I was a child. It is so precious for me because it is the only thing I have from my father before he died last year.
There is no special thing in my guitar. It is like the other guitars. It has the same body with another guitar, even worse because it is an old guitar, and the color is brown. It is made of wood. Although it is only an old guitar, it has so many great memories with my father and I will take care of it well.
I really love my guitar.
Social Function
A descriptive text (objects) aims to describe objects in detail or specific for various purposes.
Generic Structure
Descriptive texts have the following structure:
Identification : introduce the object going to be described
Description : the description of the object going to be described in detail
Closing/ Conclusion : statement to summarize the object (optional)
Look at the example:
Identification: I love my guitar so much. It is a gift from my father when I was a child. It is so precious for me because it is the only thing I have from my father before he died last year.
Description:There is no special thing in my guitar. It is like the other guitars. It has the same body with another guitar, even worse because it is an old guitar, and the color is brown. It is made of wood. Although it is only an old guitar, it has so many great memories with my father and I will take care of it well.
Closing/ Conclusion:I really love my guitar.
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