Descriptive Text

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT	GENERIC STRUCTURE
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both US Highway 101 and California Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.	IDENTIFICATION
The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.	DESCRIPTION

Ok, jadi dari contoh teks diatas kita tahu bahwa sebuah DESCRIPTIVE TEXT mempunyai GENERIC STRUCTURE sebagai berikut :

1. Identification : Identifies phenomenon ( Mengidentifikasi / pengenalan fenomena / hal yang dideskripsikan)
2. Description : Menggambarkan bagian, kualitas, maupun ciri – ciri)

Dari contoh DESCRIPTIVE TEXT diatas, kita juga bisa mengambil kesimpulan teantang ciri – ciri DESCRIPTIVE TEXT sebagai berikut :

• The Use of Simple Present Tense (Penggunaan Simple Present Tense)
• Focus on Specific Participant (Fokus kepada Hal / orang / tempat secara khusus)