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SOCIAL

                   FUNCTIONS




                 As you might have read in the
                 definition above, we can know
                 that  there  are  two  social                   Source: Google Image:
                 functions of a descriptive text,
                 namely:


                      To describe a particular subject or object, whether a person, thing,
                      animal, place, or activity in detail.


                      To inform the readers to give illustration or imagination of certain
                      people, things, animals, places, or some activities in a specific way.










                     IMPROVING
                       CRITICAL
                      THINKING











                                                  Do  you  know?  How  to  differentiate  a
                                                  descriptive  text  and  other  text  in
                                                  English?


                                                  Descriptive text can be used to describe
                                                  some activities. Then, recount text, that
                                                  can  be  used  also  to  describe  or  inform
                                                  the readers about some activities. What
                                                  are the difference, then?










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