Recreation Place

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Descriptive Text is one type of text in English that clearly describes the properties attached to something, be it humans, animals, plants or inanimate objects. The purpose of this text is to provide clear information about the object being depicted to the reader.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT - RECREATION PLACE

To describe in general about a famous recreation 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 describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text

1. To describe person, thing or place in specific
2. To describe a particular person, thing or place.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text

– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….

  EXAMPLE  OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT - RECREATION PLACE

Here is an example of a descriptive text, recreation place.

Way Kambas National Park

Way Kambas National Park  is an elephant protection national park located in the Lampung area, precisely in Labuhan Ratu District, East Lampung, Indonesia. Apart from Way Kambas, elephant school (Elephant Training Center) can also be found in Minas, Riau. The number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) that live in this area is decreasing.

Way Kambas National Park, established in 1985, is the first elephant school in Indonesia. With the initial name of the Elephant Training Center (PLG), but in recent years the name has changed to the Elephant Conservation Center (PKG) which is expected to become a center for elephant conservation in taming, training, breeding and conservation. Until now, this PKG has trained around 300 elephants that have been distributed throughout the country. In Way Kambas there is also the International Rhino Foundation which is tasked with protecting rhino species from being endangered.

In Way Kambas National Park, there are animals that are almost extinct including the Sumatran rhino, Sumatran elephant, Sumatran tiger, Mentok Rimba, crocodile, deer, tapir, deer and sun bear. Types of primates such as langurs, gibbons, gibbons, and others. In the coastal area, various bird species are often found, including the Tongtong Stork, the Blue Sempidan, the Kuau Raja, the East Pependang Bird, and several other birds. 

History The reason for the designation of this area as a nature conservation area, is to protect the area which is rich in various wildlife, including tapirs (Tapirus indicus), Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus), six types of primates, sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), deer ( Muntiacus muntjak), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris), sun bear. 

Even today the Way Kambas National Park is designated as an ASEAN Heritage Park area. This designation makes WNPWK the 4th ASEAN Heritage Park in Indonesia or the 36th in Southeast Asia.