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happened, how it happened or why it happened. In general, the

general grammatical pattern of the intended description text:

1) Using present tense and present perfect tense.

2) Using verbs that describe or illustrate the condition of a

topic/theme being described.

3) Use passive sentences

4) Using attribute and process identification

The use of the present tense for descriptive text seems to be a

necessity and it becomes a kind of 'trade mark' for descriptive text. Then,

in general it is known as what is described is a matter of fact, generally

accepted fact or reality.

b. Use of relevant vocabulary

In general, the use of relevant vocabulary from text descriptions

is as follows:

1) Tend to use verbs like seems, looks, sounds, and like etc

2) Using epithets and classifiers in nominal groups

3) Tends to focus on specific participants.

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