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.

Example of Description

My Friend’s New Shoes

I have a close Friend. She is beautiful, attractive and trendy. She always want to be a trend
setter of the day. She always pays much attention on her appearance. Recently, she bought a
new stylist foot legs from blowfish shoes products. This shoes really matches on her.
Her new blowfish women’s shoes are wonderful. When she are walking on that shoes, all her
friends, including me watch and admire that she has the most suitable shoes on her physical
appearance. The style, bright color, and brand represent her as a smart woman of the day.
She really have perfect appearance.
She is really mad on that shoes. She said that the products covered all genders. Theblowfish
men’s shoes are as elegant as she has. The products provide varieties of choice. Ballet,
casual, boot athletic shoes are designed in attractive way. The products are international
trader mark and become the hottest trend.
 Narrative Text
Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is
toentertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story.

Example of Narrative text :

The Legend 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
son.
Few years later, this son would help bringing lunch to his father out in the fields. One day, his
son was so hungry and he ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious,
and shouted; “You damned son of a fish”. The son ran home and asked his mother. The
mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broke his promise.
Then she told her son to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When
her son 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. Finaly it
became a lake. People then call it LAKE TOBA
 Procedure Text
The purpose of a procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something. The
information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small
sequenced steps. The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.

Example of Procedure Text:

Goal/Aim : How to Make a Pencil
Materials :
· An empty plastic bottle of mineral water
· A sharp cutter
· A piece of white or colorful paper
· Some points
· Some glue
Steps :
1. Wash the plastic bottle. Make sure it is clean when you use it.
2. Cut the bottle into two halves
3. Wrap the bottle with a piece of colored paper
4. If you use plain paper, use the point to make a drawing on it
Goal/Aim : How to Make Pempek Palembang
Ingredients
Main ingredients:
· 250 gr cod or any white meat fish
· 125 gr tapioca or com_our
· 2 tbsp light soya sauce
· Salt and pepper
· 1 tbsp oil (to prevent the dough sticky)
· For type Kapal selam, you need 3 hard-boiled eggs slice half
Soup Ingredients:
· 5 chilies
· 100 gr paim sugar
· 2 tbsp sugar
Method
Soup Method
Boil all soup ingredients into sauce pan
Sewing:
1. Blend all the ingredients into food processor until the smooth like a daugh, you could put
splash of water if you need it.
2. Put enough fish cake into your hand and put half boiled egg in the middle and cover it
with the dough and put into boiled water until floating
3. Drain all the water, deep fry it and add some of the soup
 Recount Text
Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to
inform or to entertain the readers. There is no complications among the participants and that
differentiates from narrative text. A recount text has an orientation, a series of events in
chronological order, personal remarks on the events, and a reorientation that “rounds off” the
sequence of events.

Examples of recount texts

My Day

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock didn't go

off. Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was making breakfast. After

breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to wear socks.

Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to

take a taxi, but I didn't have enough money.

Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I

never have a day as the one I had yesterday. (Taken from Ready to Write, 2003)
 Report Text
Report text is a text that describes something in general. Every text has a communicative
purpose. Communicative purpose of report text is to present information about something in
general.

Example Report Text

General Classification :
Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto. Together with Padua, the
city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the
“Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The
city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea
in northeast Italy.

Description:
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by
about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by
about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of
transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used
for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by
motorized waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the major canals and
between the city’s islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in
common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at
certain points without bridges.

You can see the amusing city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo Contarini del
Bovolo, Saint Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural
residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most interesting aspects of Venetian
countryside. They are surrounded by elegant gardens, suitable for fashionable parties of high
society. The city is also well known for its beautiful and romantic view, especially at night.