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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

The structure of Descriptive Text is:
Identification : identifies phenomenon to be described.
Description : describes parts, qualities and characteristics.

The characteristics of Descriptive text:
Uses The Simple Present Tense
Uses attribute verb, example be (am, is, are)

The example of Descriptive Text:

The Girrafe

Identification:
One of the most interesting animals in the zoo is giraffe. This is the giraffe we saw at the zoo. It is male and it is about six meters tall.

Description:
The giraffe has big brown eyes. They are protected by very thick lashes. This giraffe has brown spots on the skin. This coloring helps protect the giraffe. It also has two short horns on its head.
Like a camel, it can go for along time without drinking water. One source of the water is the leaves which it eats from trees. It is tall, so the giraffe can reach the tender leaves at the top of a tree.
The giraffe has two methods of self protection. If something frightens and adult giraffe, it can gallop away at about fifty kilometers per hour or stay to fight with its strong legs.

NARRATIVE TEXT

This story you’ve just heard is a narrative text. Someone tells a narrative text in order to entertain, stimulate emotion or to teach.
A narrative text has three elements or parts: the orientation, complication or problems and resolution. The orientation introduces main characters in a setting of place and time. The complication tails the problem of the story and how the main characters solve them. The resolution tells the ending of the story.


The characteristics of Narrative Text:
Uses The Simple Past Tense
Uses conjunctions, example: then, after, before, etc
Usually, in front of the text uses adverb, example: long time ago, once upon a time, in a faraway land, etc.

Landi. . .

Orientatation:
There was a porcupine named Landi. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him because they were afraid of his spikes.
“Dear Landi. We don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to hurt us,” said Cici the rabbit one day.
“Cici is right, Landi. It’s not because you are bad or rude to us. No, Landi! Just because of your spikes. They will stab us when we come close to you,” said Tito the rooster.

Complication:
Landi felt lonely. He murmured, “Why don’t they want to play with me?”
Landi spent most of the timeday-dreaming at the river bank. “I would have lots of friend and play with themif no spikes were on my body. I would be happy. I would not be lonely like this. What a shame!”
Suddenly, Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to Landi and said, “Landi, what are you thinking of?”
“Oh, nothing,” Landi replied
“Don’t lie to me, Landi. Please tell me your problem. Maybe I can help you.”
Kuku said wisely. Then, he sat beside Landi. He wasn’t afraid of Landi’s spikes.
Shortly, Landi told Kuku his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said, “Poor you. But it is not your fault. I know, your spikes are very useful and helpful to you. Your friends will realize it some day. Trust me, Landi.”
“Thanks Kuku. You’re really my best friend. You are the only one herewho wants to be my friend.”
One day, Sam the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including Landi. But he decided not to come. He didn’t want to mess up the party.
“I’ll come with you, Landi. I’ll tell everyone that you’re harmless, ”said Kuku. Finally, Landi attended the party. Everyone enjoy it.
Suddenly, Tito ran here there screaming, “Help. . . help. . .!! The evil wolf is coming, Save yourselves!” Then, everyone ran to save their lives, except Kuku and Landi. Kuku pulled his head and leg into his shell. Landi rolled his body into a ball.
Unintentionally, the evil wolf stepped his foot on Landi. Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed, “Ouch!” Since his foot was bleeding,he didn’t chase Landi’s friends any longer. Then, he ran away.

Resolution:
“Horray . . . .horray! Long live Landi! He saved our lives,” said Cici and her friends. Everyone shook Landi’s hand and thanked him. From then on, Landi wasn’t lonely anymore. His friends knew that his spikes would not hurt anyone, unless they wanted to hurt Landi.

RECOUNT TEXT

Jada and Jedi

Orientation:
Hi, I’m Jedi. I have a twin sister, named Jada.
We were born on August 5, 1992. We are in the eighth grade now. Jada and I do everything together. We are in the same class. We dress alike. We look the same. We always get other people confused. This really makes Jada and I laugh. Teachers and friends always get up mixed up at school. Even our father has trouble telling us apart. Our mother doesn’t. She always knows which twin is which. Jada and I often try to confuse her, but it has never happened.

Event 1:
Our mother came to the rescue, and refused to make us cut our hair. We were happy just way we were and didn’t want to change. Our dad just shock his head, He would have to stay confused. Jada and I didn’t care.

Event 2:
One day, our theacher told our mother to get one of us a different haircut, so that he could tell us apart. Jada and I were horrified. We didn’t want to look different. We liked looking the same.

Re-orientation:
We knew which one was which, and that was all mattered.

The story of Jada and Jedi called a recount text. It tells the reader a past event. It usually focuses on a person’s past experience, so it usually uses the word I or we.
A recount text has three elements: orientation or setting, events and reorientation or concluding statement of the story. The orientation tells the readers who was involved in the story, what happened, where the story took place, and when it happened. The events tell the sequence of events. There are described in order. The re-orientation summarises the event.

The characteristics of Recount Text:
Uses The Simple Past Tense
Uses Conjungtions, example: then, before, after,etc.

ANECDOTE TEXT

An anecdote is a kind of text which deals with something unexpected or out of the ordinary. It usually contains some unusual or amusing incident.

The structure of this text consists of:
Abstract: signals the retelling of unusual incident.
Orientation: sets the scene.
Crisis: provides details of the unusual incident.
Reaction: reacts to crisis.
Coda: reflects on or evaluates the incident (optional).

In writing an anecdote, we use exclamations, rhetorical qoestios, and intensifiers.
Exclamations:
Guess what happened!
It was really amazing!
It couldn’t believe it!
Rhetorical questions:
Can you believe it?
You know that?
Scary, isn’t it
Intensifiers:
Very
Extremely
Really

The example text:

My Secret Name

Abstract:
Hi, I’m Jack Baner. I’m a secret agent, but I’m here on vacation. Guess what happened to me. I almost forgot my identity.

Orientation:
I arrived at the airport in the afternoon. The flight was not very good, so I only had a little sleep. Nobody picked me up, so I took a taxi to the hotel, I asked the driver to make me to the hotel my agent has reserved.

Crisis:
At the hotel I went directly to the receptionist desk. I told her that I reserved a room. After a minute she looked at me and said that nobody had reserved under Jack Baner. And the hotel was full. I thought there was something wrong. But what could I do?

Reaction:
Then I went to a public phone. I called my travel agent back at my country and told her about my problem. I was surprised to know that the problem so simple. She reserved a room at this hotel under Johny Goodbye, my alias. I am a secret agent, remember?

Coda:
I was so embarrassed. I shouldn’t have forgotten my alias.