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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Descriptive Text - Animal


Describing an Animal 



A descriptive text is the text that describes a particular person, animal, certain place, and thing.

Could you see a picture below?



How to make it?

 • When we describe an animal:

1. Introduction
Start by the identity of an animal or introduce the character.
example: Paragraph 1 in the Sea Eagle Text

2.  Description: 
Description is the part of the paragraph that describes the character. 
The description text has dominant language features as follows:
1.  Using Simple Present Tense
2.  Using action verbs
3.  Using passive voice
4.  Using noun phrase
5.  Using adverbial phrase
6.  Using technical terms
7.  Using general and abstract noun
8.  Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.
 
 The Purposes of Descriptive Text as follows:

a. To engage a reader's attention
b. To create Characters
c. To set mood or create an atmosphere
d. To being writing to life. 

The example questions of Sea Eagle Text:

Answer the following questions based on the text:

1. What do you know about eagles?
2. Why is Sea Eagle easy to recognize?
3. What do you think of its flying? Is it easy or hard to do?
4. What do the forelimbs of an Sea Eagle do?
5. What are the Sea Eagle's neck and beak like? 

Good Luck !!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Descriptive Text- Person


Describing a Person

A descriptive text is the text that describes a particular person, animal, certain place, and thing.

a.       Generic struture             : Identification/Introduction, description.
b.       Grammatical features     : Simple present tense, using action verb, using noun phrase,   using adverbial phrase,

When we describe a person:
1.      Start by his/her: Identity, age, occupation, physical appearence. 

2.      Use the adjectives in a precise order within a sentence:
Adjectival Word Order

Quality
Size/Age/Shape
Colour
Noun
Beautiful
long
black
hair

  For example:


The exercise of Nikita Willy Text:


Answer the questions below:
1.                   What is Nikita Willy full name?
2.                   Where was she born?
3.                   What do you think about her eyes?
4.                   How old is she?
5.                   Who is she?