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wakes me up. On the corner of the room is my desk where I usually study and do my

assignments.
a. Definition

The text that you read above is called descriptive text. Descriptive text is a type of text which
is used by the writer or speaker to describe particular thing, person, animal, place and or

event to the readers or hearers.

b. Purpose
The purpose of the descriptive text is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object,

either abstract or concrete.

2. Language Features

a. Parts of Speech
Parts of speech are sentence elements that work together to make up a sentence. The

basic parts of speech include: noun (kata benda), pronoun (kata ganti), verb (kata
kerja), adjective (kata sifat), adverb (kata keterangan), preposition (kata depan),

conjunction (kata hubung), and interjection (kata seru).

Part of Function Words Example Sentences Example
Speech

(to) be, have, do,
Verb action or state like, work, sing, My mother work as a doctor
can, must

pen, dog, work,
music, town,
Noun thing or person This is my cat. He lives in my house.
London, teacher,
John

good, big, red, well, I have wavy black hair, round eyes, and
Adjective describes a noun
interesting white skin

quickly, silently,
describes a verb,
Adverb well, badly, very, My bother like to ride his bicycle quickly
adjective or adverb
really

I, you, he, she, it,
Pronoun replaces a noun Diana is my friend. She is beautiful.
they, we
links a noun to
Preposition to, at, after, on, but We went to school on Monday.
another word