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Descriptive Text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information. The content of this kind of text is description of particular thing, animal, person, or others.

The generic Structure of Descriptive Text

-   Identification

Introducing where or who is the subject is being describe.

-   Description

Describe parts, qualities, and the characteristics of the person. Place, or thing to be describe.

Language Feature

-          Focus on Specific Participant

-          Adjective

-          The use of Simple Present Tense

Example of Descriptive Text

The Mountain Bromo

Bromo is one of mountains in Java that is known around the worlds. As one of the special tourism places in java, Bromo mountain is not only rich of it’s natural beauty but also in harmony with the local people around it. In Bromo, the visitors can enjoy both the beauty of the nature and also the culture in that area because Bromo is not simply a mountain but also an important place for ritual ceremony of Hindu.

Located around 2,5 hours from Malang city, Bromo is one of active volcano mountain which is a part of the Bromo be seen clearly from the top of penanjakan mountain which is close to Bromo and has higher level (2,770 meters). Bromo itself is only 2,392 meters. Even Bromo is eruption was so dramatic. The sands around it which people called the sea of sand (Segara Wedi) are the proof that this mountain had ever been killing the life surro9unded that area. The name Bromo is taken from the name one of the God Hindu, Brahma. People of Tengger has a myth about that mountain makes it has mystical nuance. But it is more that myth as long as people still believe that by creating Kasada festival every year, they expresss their gratitude to God in a symbolic way by throwing vegetables, cattle, and also money as an offering in the Bromo;s creater