Understanding Descriptive Text Features

The video tutorial introduces descriptive text, explaining its definition, social function, generic structure, language features, and types. It highlights the importance of using adjectives, simple present tense, and action verbs in descriptive text. The tutorial also categorizes descriptive text into describing things, places, and people, providing examples for each category.

What is the primary purpose of descriptive text?

• To narrate a story

• To entertain the reader

• To argue a point

• To describe and reveal specific details about a person, place, or thing

Which of the following is a social function of descriptive text?

• To persuade the reader

• To provide detailed information about an object

• To entertain the reader

• To summarize a story

What is an example of a concrete object that can be described in descriptive text?

• An idea

• A feeling

• A person

• A thought

Which of the following is NOT a part of the generic structure of descriptive text?

• Identification

• Description

• Conclusion

• Introduction

In the generic structure of descriptive text, what does the 'identification' part do?

• Introduces the object being described

• Provides a detailed description

• Concludes the text

• Offers a personal opinion

What tense is primarily used in descriptive text?

• Past tense

• Simple present tense

• Present continuous tense

• Future tense

Which of the following is an example of an action verb used in descriptive text?

• Run

• Beautiful

• Blue

• Tall

Which language feature is used to clarify nouns in descriptive text?

• Prepositions

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Conjunctions

What type of descriptive text would you use to describe a laptop?

• Describing things

• Describing places

• Describing events

• Describing people

Which type of descriptive text would you use to describe a tourist area?

• Describing people

• Describing events

• Describing places

• Describing things