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Descriptive and Narrative Text

The document provides definitions and descriptions of descriptive and narrative texts. Descriptive text aims to describe subjects through sensory details like appearance, sound, and taste, while narrative text tells imaginative stories. Both genres have common structures and language features. Descriptive text introduces a subject and provides sensory details, while narrative text orients readers, includes a sequence of events, and resolves problems. Examples of each type of text are also included.

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Descriptive and Narrative Text

The document provides definitions and descriptions of descriptive and narrative texts. Descriptive text aims to describe subjects through sensory details like appearance, sound, and taste, while narrative text tells imaginative stories. Both genres have common structures and language features. Descriptive text introduces a subject and provides sensory details, while narrative text orients readers, includes a sequence of events, and resolves problems. Examples of each type of text are also included.

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Descriptive Text

Definition of Descriptive Text


➢ Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to
describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. Description is about sensory
experience how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience,
but description also deals with other kinds of perception.
➢ the descriptive text is meaningful text that describes the experience related to the senses,
such as what shape, sound, taste is. Most descriptive text is about visual experience, but
in fact the experience other than the sense of sight, we can also use it to make descriptive
text.
➢ The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a
person or an object, either abstract or concrete.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Text


there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our writing to be true. The
arrangement is:
1. General classification or Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person,
place, animal or object will be described.)
2. Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person
by describing its features, forms, colours, or anything related to what the writer
describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text


1. To describe person, thing or place in specific
2. To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text


1. Specific participant: has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one).
2. The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun
3. The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it
tells the fact of the object described.
4. Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut, etc.

Example
Lembah Pelangi Waterfall

Lembah Pelangi Waterfall sounds unfamiliar for either local or foreign tourists. Lembah
Pelangi Waterfall is located in Sukamaju village, Ulubelu sub district, Tanggamus district,
Lampung province, Indonesia. The access to this place is quite difficult because Ulu Belu sub
district is a remote area in Lampung with its hilly contours which make this tourist spot elusive.
Lembah Pelangi Waterfall has two levels where the waterfall on the second level has two
branches. The height of the first level waterfall is about 100 meters, while the second level
waterfall is about dozens of meters. The best enchantment of this waterfall is the rainbow which
appears between the valley and the waterfall as the name suggests. The soft flowing gurgling
waterfall sounds is like a chant of nature which can remove the tiredness of the long trip to go
there. Under the waterfall, there are several spots of warm water which can be an interesting
spot for bathing.
In this place, you will be shown a panorama of natural beauty which is very interesting for
every pair of eyes seeing it. Rocky hills accompanied by leafy trees will actually soothe both
your eyes.
Narrative Text

Definition of Narrative Text


➢ narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.
➢ Narrative Text is one of 13 types of English text (genre) born from the Narration as
well as Recount Text, Anecdote Text, Spoof Text.
➢ the narrative text contains good stories of fiction, non-fiction stories, animal stories
(fable), folktales, fairy tales, myths, legends etc. In a simple word everything about the
story is included in narrative text.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text


1. Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are
introduced.
2. Event: chronological events or sequence of events or problems developed in the story.
3. Resolution: Where the problems in the story is solved.
4. Reorientation (optional): lesson from the story or the writer opinion

Purpose of Narrative text


➢ The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Language Feature of Narrative Text:


1. Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)
2. Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc)
3. Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
4. Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow
White, Alibaba, etc)
5. Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
6. Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said, ”My name is Snow
White”). The direct speech uses present tense.

Example
The Story of Toba Lake
Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut
in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest
catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He
felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you have to promise
not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster”.
The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One
day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and
got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked
her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broke his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When
her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring
rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the
man became the island of Samosir.

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