– 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….

https://googleweblight.com/i?https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://englishadmin.com/2014/02/the-best-example-of-descriptive-text-about-a-cat.html&hl=id-ID However descriptive text tends to specify the described object while report text will describe the object in general. The goal of the descriptive text is transferring the experience of the writers. The experience can be what they see, read, or feel. Descriptive text commonly tries to reveal the image of certain person, place, animal, or thing.

Bellow is the best example of descriptive text I find. This descriptive passage which focuses on the cat’s habit and less physical appearance is written by Barbara Carter. Read the sample bellow, you will see the clear understanding about descriptive text.

Generic structure of descriptive text about animal – my cat

Gregory is my beautiful gray Persian cat.
He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance, for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat.
He enjoys TV commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives. His familiarity with cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor of only the most expensive brands.
Gregory is as finicky about visitors as he is about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may snuggle up against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain your favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territory, as many cat experts think, but to humiliate me because he is jealous of my friends.
After my guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling to himself in front of the television set, and I have to forgive him for his obnoxious, but endearing, habits.

Well, I think that is the best example of descriptive text. However if you think it is not the example you want, I have the other examples about descriptive text in this list below.

If you agree that the above sample is a very good descriptive text about animal then let’s continue to analyze the generic structure

Analyzing on the Generic Structure of Descriptive Text about Animal – Cat
Learning English in high school should be accomplished with the generic structure analysis on every text sample. By giving the analysis, understanding the text genres is very complete. Here is the structure!
1. Paragraph of identification: First paragraph which shows the main object to be explained.
Gregory is my beautiful gray Persian cat.
2. Paragraphs of description: The next paragraphs which give detail explanation on the specific object
He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain.
He enjoys TV commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives.
Gregory is as finicky about visitors
That is the example of descriptive text about an animal. The descriptive essay is about a specific animal, a cat. That is about a specific cat not a cat in general.

         Besides temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is a delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarette factory dominates the town’s economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarette factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

1.What does the above text tell us about?

    a.The history of Kediri

    b.The famous products of Kediri

    c. The description of Kediri

    d. The people of Kediri

2.“Those who do not work here….”(Last sentence)

      The underlined word refers to….

     a.the local people

     b.the factory workers

     c.the farmers

     d.the traders

      Mr.Tucker is the headmaster of my school. He does not wear glasses. His eyes always frighten me even when I refuse to face them. They are sharp, hard, and cold, and he uses them like a whip.

        He always washes his hands in an enamel basin in the corner of the room. After he has washed them, he will walk over to his desk and stand behind is looking at the pupils while he dries his hands on a small, white towel. He dries each finger separetely, beginning with the first finger. His  fingers are long and white. He rubs them briskly without losing the effect of deliberation and as he rubs them, he looks at us with his eyes.

       No one moves while he dries his hands, no one speaks. When he finishes, he will fold the towel and put it in the desk drawer. Then, he will awkwardly smile at us.

      He really terrifies me.

  Adapted from: I Can Jump Puddles by Alan Marshall)

1. What is the purpose of the text?

       a. to terrify the readers

       b. to decribe the writer’s headmaster

       c. to promote the writer’s headmaster career

       d. to inform the readers about a terrifying school

2. Where does Mr. Tucker usually wash his hands?

       a. corner of the room

       b. in front of the room

       c. beside of the room

       d. behind of the room

3. “He dries each finger separately….”

       The underlined word has similar meaning to…

       a. wash     

       b. fold

       c. divide

       d. corner