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Parts of the Text Purpose Man Idea

Paragraph 1 Opening statement a. Orangutan is the
to introduce the main reason why
subject people come to
Tanjung Puting
National Park.
Paragraph 2 Supporting b. Camp Leakey is
paragraph that where we can see
describes the subject orangutans.

Paragraph 3 Supporting c. People from foreign
paragraph that countries come
describes the subject because of its exotic
nature.

Paragraph 4 Supporting d. Tanjung Puting
paragraph that National Park is
describes the subject an internationally
famous ecotourism
destination because
of its amazing
nature.
Paragraph 5 Supporting e. To go to Camp
paragraph that Leaky we should
describes the subject take perahu klotok
down the Sekonyer
river.
Paragraph 6 Concluding f. The travelling by
paragraph that perahu klotok
indicates the end of gives interesting
the text experience.

A descriptive text describes a particular object like a place, thing,
or person. What is the author’s purpose in writing a description? The
author wants to describe the particular object by describing its or
his/her specific features to help readers visualize what a person, an
animal, a park, or a thing is like.
How is a descriptive text constructed? It starts with an opening
paragraph. In the paragraph there is a topic sentence that introduces the
object going to be described. A series of paragraphs follow the opening
to describe the parts or the features or the specific characteristics of
the subject.

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