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the thing. Thus, the partner can use the information to visualize
                      and imagine what is being referred to.
                              Therefore, the purpose of this description text is not only
                      to describe the characteristics of an object, person, place, animal

                      and so on. However, it can also be used so that readers can
                      imagine and visualize an object, person, animal, and place.

                      Here’s an example of an activity. Let’s play!
                      Students  are  divided    into  pairs.  Then  describe  a  favorite
                      object  that  have  you  without  mentioning  the  object  in
                      questions.  Don’t  tell  your  partner  or  other  friends!  Next
                      activity, go forward with your partner, determine one person

                      to read the description text without mentioning the object in
                      question. Ask your partner to guess the object. Enjoy!

                    Helping the reader in decision-making.
                              When you are faced with a difficult choice, for example,
                      confused  about  which  place  to  go  to  on  vacation.  Maybe  it
                      would be better to first look at the features and characteristics

                      of the description of the two places.
                              This  description  text  can  be  used  as  a  benchmark  for
                      choosing a place. For example, if you are confused about going
                      to the beach or the mountain. You can see the description text
                      about the two places, then choose which place is suitable and in
                      accordance  with  what  you  want  based  on  reading  the
                      description text.



                   C.  Structure
                   Descriptive text has 2 structures, identification and description.
                       1.  Identification
                           Contains an introduction to the name of the object, the
                           meaning of the name, location, history of birth, or other
                           general description of the object being described




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