The text and its kinds: narrative and descriptive text
Lessons 46–47 · 2 lessons · N.M. Mahmudov, A. Nurmonov, A.Sh. Sobirov. Ona tili (Uzbek language), Grade 9, 4th edition. “Tasvir” Publishing House, Tashkent, 2019
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The descriptive text
Textbook: pp. 92–94
GoalDistinguish a descriptive text from a narrative text and compose one.
New words
descriptive text · tasviriy matnfeature · belgisimile · o‘xshatishepithet · sifatlash
Explanation
In a descriptive text the author “paints” a thing, place, person or scene in words, that is, portrays how it looks. While a narrative text says what happened, a descriptive text shows what something is like: colour, shape, size, smell, sound. Therefore it has many adjectives, similes and epithets, and few verbs. Homogeneous parts are widely used in description because they help list features one after another. The descriptive text occurs in conversation, literary and other forms of speech. For a good description we first observe, then choose the most important features and write them in order: from the general appearance to the details.
Worked examples
Mini-description: “The school garden.” At the edge of the schoolyard there is a low, dense, green garden. The branches of the trees intertwine and form a shading dome. At dawn the leaves glitter with dew and the air fills with the smell of freshly cut grass.