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Description text

A.    Social function: to describe a particular person, place or thing.

B.     Generic structure:

1. Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described.

2. Description: describes parts, qualities, characteristics.

Example:

My pet

I have a pet. It is a dog, and I call it Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy, and cute.
It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feel soft. Brownie doesn’t like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school, Brownie plays with my cat. They get along well and never fight may never eats shoes. Brownie is very sweet and friendly animal.

Identification:

I have a pet. It is a dog, and I call it Brownie is a Chinese breed.

Description:

It is small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feel soft. Brownie doesn’t like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school, Brownie plays with my cat. They get along well and never fight may never eats shoes. Brownie is very sweet and friendly animal.

The task

Pingvellir

            Pingvellir is very famous historic place in Iceand, where a lot of things have happened, which have influenced the Icelandic history.

Pingviller was reserved in 1928 and became a national park. Now, there is a fence all around Pingviller to protect it from sheep and other animals, which can destroy the vegetation.

            Pingvallavant, which is in Pingviller, is the largest lake in Iceland. It is 83,7 km2, and 114 m deep. There are many kinds of fish in the lake, like trouts, charrs, and tiddlers..

            Pingviller also a very famous tourism place and thousands of people come there every year to see this smashing nature and its beautiful surroundings.

            Men have tried  to do anything they can to protect this old, famous place. They have put fences all around Pingviller and there are special rules. They have also made many paths and you are only allowed to camp on special places, to protect the vegetation.they have rebuilt the houses and many things for the travel industry.

Answer the question based on the text!

1.      What is the purpose of the text?

2.      What is the text about?

3.      What is Pingvallavant?

4.      Can you find fish in Pingvallavant? What kind of  fish?

5.      How many people come there every year?

References

Kirana, Candra, Dkk.2009.Strategi Khusus Menghadapi Ujian Nasional Sma/Ma.Klaten: Viva Pakarindo

Ghoffar, Abdul. 2008. Access to English Competence English for Senior High School 3B. Sidoarjo: Sansekerta Inti Media

Dra. Helena I.R.Agustien,M.A.,Ph D, 2006. English For A better Life for senior high school grade XI. Bandung:Pakar Raya