What is the purpose of the text
INTENSIVE READING
Answer :
The purpose is to give the information about Sewu temple's history.
Explanation
Descriptive text is a text which describes person/place/animal and other things specifically.
SOCIAL FUNCTION/COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE
▶to describe people/place/things specifically
GENERIC STRUCTURE
1. Identification
- Identification is the very beginning part of paragraph. It tells about the background, the introduction of who, what, which will be described in the text.
2. Description
- Description contains the quality or specific character which belongs to the things you are talking about.
LANGUAGE FEATURE
1. It refers to the specific participants to identify which the thing/the person is.
Exp => Borobudur temple, Sewu temple
2. It often uses the adjective to explain the noun in detail.
Exp => largest, old, popular
3. It uses the simple present tense because it tells the fact or general truth
Exp => The main temple has 1 main room.
4. It uses the action verbs to reveal the activity
Exp => serve, face
5. Sometimes, it uses the simple past tense to tell the past history
Exp => Sewu temple was probably built in the 8th century
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Level : Jhs (7)
Subject : English
Category : Reading text
Categorization : 7.5.7
Keywords : Descriptive text ; Sewu temple
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