particular persons, places, and things that familiar with the readers and they can recognize easily; for example; Arizona, University of
Tennessee. 2
Using effective verb We know how important verbs are to narration, but effective
verbs can also add much to a piece of description. Writers use to make descriptions more specific, accurate, and interesting. For
instance, “the wind had chiseled deep grooves into the sides of the cliffs” is more specific than “the wind had made deep grooves”.
The verb chiseled also gives the reader a more accurate picture of the winds’ action than made does.
4. The Structure of Descriptive Text
Every text has its own structure. One to another text has its own rules, and it is different. Here the explanation about descriptive text structure.
a.
The generic structures of a description are:
1 Identification
This stage contains identification that identifies the phenomenon to be described.
2 Description of features
This stage contains important features description, such as physical appearance, qualities, and other characteristic from
thing that the writer describes.
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b. The generic features of description are:
1 Verb in present tense
In descriptive text, the writer should use present tense as verb. 2
Adjectives Adjective is also important in descriptive text, because it used to
describe the features of the subject. 3
Topic sentence It used to begin paragraph and organize the various aspect of the
description.
c. The factual description scaffold
1 A general opening statement in the first paragraph
This statement introduces the subject of the description to the audience. It can give the audience brief details about the when,
where, who, or what of the subject. 2
A series of paragraph about the subject Each paragraph usually begins with a topic sentence. The topic
sentence previews the details that will be contained in the remainder of the paragraph. Each paragraph should describe one
feature of the subject. These paragraphs build the description of the subject.
3 A concluding paragraph optional
The concluding paragraph signals the end of the text. This paragraph is optional. Sometimes the writer use it, and
sometimes not.
