Description of person Kinds of Descriptive Text
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.