Category Archives: Descriptive Text

The Borobudur Temple: Reading Practice 4 (descriptive)

By | October 16, 2023

Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple, as well as one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. Borobudur… Read More »

President Obama: Reading Practice 3 (descriptive)

By | December 22, 2017

The first feeling I got was of a casual familiarity. President Obama comes across somebody who could be your next door neighbor. He’s down to earth. But at the same time a bit guarded- it’s hard to explain. Maybe another way to put is that there are people who want to be your friend and then there are… Read More »

The Eiffel Tower: Reading Practice 2 (descriptive)

By | December 22, 2017

The Eiffel tower The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was initially criticized by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the… Read More »

The City of Chicago: Reading Practice 1 (descriptive)

By | December 22, 2017

The following is a text describing Chicago. Read it carefully, and then answer the questions that follow. Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. With 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in both the U.S. state of Illinois and the American Midwest. Its metropolitan area,… Read More »

Descriptive text

By | December 22, 2017

Apa itu  descriptive text? Descriptive text (Teks deskriptif) merupakan salah satu bentuk teks yang melukiskan/menggambarkan/mendeskripsikan seseorang, tempat, benda, atau situasi. Penulis mendeskripsikan seperti apa rupa fisik atau sifat seseorang, seperti apa kondisi sebuah tempat, seperti apa rupa sebuah benda atau binatang, sebagaimana dilhat, didengar, dan/atau dirasakan oleh penulis. Intinya, penulis menangkap apa yang dilihatnya, didengarnya, dirasakannya, dan lalu… Read More »