Vocabulary dalam description text

Berikut ini adalah beberapa kata yang digunakan dalam menulis description text. Untuk arti dari kata kata tersebut bisa di lihat di kamus.

Describing person

General look: handsome, beautiful, good looking, ugly

Physical look:

old, middle age, young, fifties, slim, skinny, well built, fat, medium built, tall, medium, height, short.

(Baby, oval, long) face, (round, small, narrow) eyes, (pale, dark) skin, (big, small, flat, pointed)nose, (full, small, thin)lips, (long, medium length, short, straight, wavy, curly, black, gray, brown, blond) hair, scar, pimples, moustache, beard, whisker, mole.

Wears glasses, earings,bando

Personality

He looks clever, loyal, confident, intelligent, honest, silent, cheerful, decisive, kind, generous, modest, simple, talkactive, lazy, arrogant, coward, selfish, easy going, sociable, stubborn.

Describing food

Shape: sphere, curve, pyramid, cylinder, round, oval, flat.

Size: long, short, big, small

Material: it is made of rice, sticky rice, cassava, wheat flour, rice flour.

Color: white, red, etc.

Taste: sweet, salty, sour, delicious, bland, spicy, salty, sour, tasty, bitter, horrible, mild

Describing animal

Size: big, small, huge

Color: white, black, etc.

Part of the body: long leg, short leg, long tail, etc.

Behavior: funny, clever, brave, noisy, quiet, obedient, friendly, loyal, easy to take care.

Food: grass, meat, vegetables, insect, fruits.

Cooking:

Stir fry(gongseng), boil(rebus pada panci tanpa tutup), steam(kukus), stew(rebus dalam panci tertutup), bake (panggang), fry(goreng), grill(bakar), bake(panggang), broil(dimasak di bawah api)

Steak : Rare(mentah), medium(setengah matang), well done(matang)

Egg: Scramble(acak), fried, boil, poached(rebus)

Lobster: grilled, baked, boiled, steamed

Narrative Text

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Once upon a time there lived a boy named Jack and his mother were very poor. One day Jack took their cow to the market to sell. On the way, he met a man. The man said, "I will give you magic beans for your cow." Jack took the beans and gave the cow to the man. Jack's mother was very angry. She threw the beans out the window.
The next day, Jack looked out the window and saw a beanstalk. He climbed up the stalk. At the top he saw a huge house. He knocked on the door and the giant's wife opened the door. She gave him breakfast. Suddenly, Jack heard, "Fee Fi Fo Fum. I smell the blod of an Englishman!" "Hurry," said the giant's wife. "Hide. He likes to eat boys!"
The giant sat down and asked for his hen. The giant's hen laid golden eggs. When the giant went to sleep, Jack pick up the hen and climbed down the beanstalk.
The next morning, Jack climbed up the beanstalk again. This time, the giant asked for his golden harp. When the giant went to sleep Jack picked up the harp. The harp shouted, "Master! Wake up!" The giant woke up and roared, "Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."
Jack ran to the beanstalk and climbed down. The giant climbed down after him. "Mother, give me the axe" said Jack. Jack took the axe and chooped down the beanstalk. The giant fell into a big hole and dissapeared. Jack and his mother lived happily ever after with the hen and the harp.


Jenis text diatas adalah narrative text. text narative diawali dengan orientation, kemudian crisis dan diakhiri dengan resolution atau bisa juga dengan menambahkan reorientation.
orientation berisi tentang pengenalan apa yang ada dalam teks tersebut. setelah itu mulai masuk crisis atau permasalahan, kemudian resolution atau penyelesaian, kemudian diakhiri dengan reorientation atau penutup.
ciri dari text narative adalah penggunaan tenses simple past, kemudian direct speech.

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English Text - Recount 1

My name is Harry Potter. People usually call me Harry. I’m a student of Hogward Wizardry School. Now, I’m in my eleventh grade. For last two years I had a bad time. I lost one of my favorite teacher and I had to fight against Voldermort. Now I have to study harder about wizardry so that I can be a good wizard and I can defeat Voldermort. Next two years I will continue my study at Hogward wizardry school. I will continue Mr. Dumbledore wish to defeat the dark princess, Voldermort, and make all wizard Community living in peacefullness.

Text diatas adalah salah satu text recount. Text recount diawali dengan orientation, kemudian diikuti oleh beberapa event.
Dari text diatas yang termasuk orientation adalah:
My name is Harry Potter. People usually call me Harry. I’m a student of Hogward Wizardry School. Now, I’m in my eleventh grade.
Event:
For last two years I had a bad time. I lost one of my favorite teacher and I had to fight against Voldermort.


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Recount Text

A Glass of Envelope

ORIENTATION
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were traveling across the Channel and Jane put A piece of paper with her name and address on it into the bottle.

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again but ten month later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls wrote to each other regularly.

REORIENTATION
They decided to use electric email. they costed a little more, but they certainly travelled faster.

THE FOX WITH A SHORT TAIL

“Auch!” a fox cried out. He got trapped. When he tried to free himself, he had to cut out his tail. He looked at his tail sadly. “What will my friends say about my tail?” he worried.
Then he had an idea. He came to his group. He said to his friends. ‘Guys, look at my tail. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”
“What’s wrong with you tail?” one of his friend asked.
“It’s a new fashion. A short tail,” the fox answer. He added, “ cut out your tail. Trust me, you’ll look cool like me.”
“Hahahaha!” suddenly there was a loud laugh. It’s the laugh of a big fox. He looked very handsome with his long and thick tail. The big fox said “Don’t hear them. A fox should have a long and thick tail like us. Do you know that he cut his tail because of a trap?”
Then all the fox laughed. The short tailed fox was very ashamed. He left his friends quickly. He hide himself in the wood.


Questions

1. What happened to the fox’s tail?
2. What did he persuade his friends to do with their tails?
3. Why was the short-tailed fox very ashamed?
4. Identify the generic structure of the text above