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  Definition of 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. Purpose of Descriptive text : 1.   T o describe perso n, thing or place in specific 2.   To describe a particular person, thing or place. Generic Structure   of Descriptive Text : When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our writing to be true. The arrangement is: 1.   Identification:  (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal  or object will be described.) 2.   Description : contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by decribing its features, forms, colors, or anything rel ated to what the writer describe.   L anguage Feature of Descriptive Text : –  Specific participan t :  has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Ban...

 Definition of Procedure Text There are three definition about procedure text : (1)Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax. (2) Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules. (3) Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g how to live happily, how to succeed Generic Structure of Procedure Text # Goal : (e.g : How to make spaghetti) # Material or Ingredient : (e.g : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. ) # Step : (e.g : first, wash the tomatoes, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice. . . ) Purpose of Procedure Text – To explain/tell (the reader) how to make/operate/do something through a sequence of actions or steps. – To explain steps/instruction to make/operate/do something Language Feature of Procedure Text – Use adverbial of sequence / Using ...