《英语专业写作王星主编 unitDescriptiveEssays.pptx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英语专业写作王星主编 unitDescriptiveEssays.pptx（44页珍藏版）》请在taowenge.com淘文阁网|工程机械CAD图纸|机械工程制图|CAD装配图下载|SolidWorks_CaTia_CAD_UG_PROE_设计图分享下载上搜索。
1、EXPECTED DUTY REPORTWHO?第1页/共44页Warm-upWarm-up：Questions and tasksQuestions and tasks1.What is descriptive writing?2.Why do we use descriptive writing?3.How do we write description?4.Sample analysis&study.第2页/共44页DeliciousTastyYummyGoodFinger-licking good 第3页/共44页What is descriptive writing?What is
2、descriptive writing?Description is to paint in the mind of the reader an image or a series of images by means of language.第4页/共44页The purposes of The purposes of descriptive writing descriptive writing The purpose of a purely descriptive essay is to 1.involve the reader enough so he or she can actua
3、lly visualize the things being described.2.make narration or exposition more lively,colorful and exciting when combined with them.第5页/共44页The essential features of a descriptive essay Using words to paint pictures and giving readers a certain impression of a specific person,place or thing;Providing
4、information about 5“w”s;Displaying a writers impression of a specific person,thing or place through the senses of sight,taste,smell,hearing and touch;organizing the information logically by using words/phrases of space and time as transitions.第6页/共44页SnapdragonGrommet dressHouse of matchesSatin bonn
5、et第7页/共44页How to develop an essay of description effectively?1.A descriptive essay is generally developed through sensory details.The impressions of ones sensessight,hearing,taste,smell,and touch.第8页/共44页Example 1:describing a placeTelling:The room was vacant.Showing:The The doordoor opened with a r
6、esounding echo that seemed to fill the house.CobwebsCobwebs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn floorfloor.The The lightlight gave notice to the peeling paintpaint on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓）once covered by pictures.The new airair gave lif
7、e to a stuffiness that entrapped the room.Faded and torn white sheetssheets covered once new furniturefurniture now drowning in dust.第9页/共44页The door opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house.Sensehearing 第10页/共44页Cobwebs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brou
8、ght light to a well worn floor.Sensesight第11页/共44页第12页/共44页第13页/共44页The light gave notice to the peeling paint on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓）once covered by pictures.Sensesight第14页/共44页第15页/共44页The new air gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room.Sensesmell第16页/共44页Faded and torn w
9、hite sheets covered once new furniture now drowning in dust.Sensesight第17页/共44页The The doordoor opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house.Cob Cob webswebs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn floorfloor.The The lightlight gave notice
10、to the peeling paintpaint on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮 廓）once covered by pictures.The new airair gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room.Faded and torn white sheetssheets covered once new furniturefurniture now drowning in dust.Senses used:Hearing-sight-smell-sight第18页/共44页How to
11、develop an essay of description effectively?2.A descriptive essay has one,clear dominant impression.E.g.describing a snowfall-let your reader know if it is threatening or lovely,threatening or lovely,dangerous or peacefuldangerous or peaceful;第19页/共44页Example 2 A boy with ragged(tattered,torn)clothe
12、s rushed through the deserted street,whose footsteps echoed several blocks away.A fair-haired boy runs through the peaceful morning street giggling all the way.(mysterious)(happy)第20页/共44页How to develop an essay of description effectively?3.Use details specific adjectives,adverbs,and vivid verbs,con
13、sistent with the dominant impression.第21页/共44页Brief Introduction to the NovelTitle:A Christmas CarolAuthor:Charles DicksonPlot:The story tells of Ebenezer Scrooges ideological,ethical,and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past,Present,
14、and Yet to Come.第22页/共44页Example 3:A description of Mr.Scrooge in A Christmas CarollThe cold within him frozefroze his old features,nippednipped his pointedpointed nose,shriveledshriveled his cheek,stiffenedstiffened his gait;mademade his eyes redred,his thin lips blueblue;and spoke out shrewdlyshre
15、wdly in his grating grating voice.lA frostyfrosty rime was on his head,and on his eyebrows,and his wirywiry chin.He carried his own low temperature always about with him;he iced his office in the dog-days;and didnt thaw it one degree at Christmas.l 他内心的冷酷使老朽的躯体蒙上一层寒霜，冻伤了他尖挺的鼻梁，冻皱了他的双颊、冻僵了他步伐，并使他双眼通红
16、、薄唇发紫，连他的沙哑的声音所说出来的话语，也十分冰冷刺骨。l他的头顶、眉骨及瘦削的下巴上，都覆盖着白皑皑的寒霜。那股寒意总是与他如影随形，即使是盛夏，他也可以让办公室的气温降至冰点，甚至是圣诞节，情形依旧如此。第23页/共44页Word Choice HelpP34-35sight wordstouch wordshearing wordssmell wordstaste words第24页/共44页How to develop an essay of description effectively?4.4.Use figures of speech to make the descript
17、ion more powerful.Common figures of speech are simile(like/as),metaphor and personification and so forth(p24).Example 4:A description of Mr.Scrooge in A Christmas CarolOh!But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone,Scrooge!A squeezing,wrenching,grasping,scraping,clutching,covetous old sinner!Ha
18、rd and sharp as flint,from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire;secret and self-contained,and solitary as an oyster.噢！但石顾己可是一个要从石头里榨出油来的人哪！石顾己啊！一个又挤、有捞、有刮、又贪、又抠的老奸巨滑！他犹如有硬又尖的打火石，没有任何钢棒可以打出慷慨的火花；而且，他又宛若牡蛎一般神秘、封闭且孤僻。第25页/共44页How to develop an essay of description effectively?5.5.Use exampl
19、es.Example 5:A description of Mr.Scrooge in A Christmas CarolNobody ever stopped him in the street to say,with gladsome looks,My dear Scrooge,how are you?When will you come to see me?No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle,no children asked him what it was oclock,no man or woman ever once in all
20、his life inquired the way to such and such a place,of Scrooge.人们在大街上碰到石顾己，从不会和颜悦色地向他寒暄：亲爱的石顾己，你好吗？什么时候你要来我家坐坐？没有乞丐会向他乞求微薄的施舍，也没有孩童会询问他时间，更从未有人向他问路。第26页/共44页How to develop an essay of description effectively?Q:What impression have you formed on Mr.Scrooge?stingy,old,solitary,cold,hard,heartless,uncar
21、ing,unkind Comment:If you know the plot of the novel,you will realize that Dickens has achieved his original purpose by portraying such a figure.第27页/共44页The plot of the novelThe tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Scrooges business partner Jacob Marley.Scrooge is established
22、 within the first chapter as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness,compassion,charity,or benevolence.After being warned by Marleys ghost to change his ways,Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts each in its turn who accompany him to various scenes with the
23、hope of achieving his transformation.第28页/共44页6.Try moving your reader through space and time chronologically.E.g.to describe a train ride:to describe a train ride:from start to destination a stream:a stream:from its source to the point at which it joins the river.P36 transitions=space&time sequence
24、How to develop an essay of description effectively?第29页/共44页7.Use a then-and-now approach to show decay,change,or improvement.E.g.The house where you grew up might now be a rambling shack.The variations are endless.P36 comparison and contrast wordsHow to develop an essay of description effectively?第
25、30页/共44页8.A descriptive essay can be objective or subjective.E.g.,ones dog an objective descriptionmention such facts as height,weight,coloring and so forth.A subjective descriptioninclude the above details,also stress the authors feeling toward the dog,as well as its personality and habits.How to d
26、evelop an essay of description effectively?第31页/共44页In-class discussionRead the sample My Childhood House on page 29 and fulfil task:1.What is the thesis statement？2.Tell the structure of the passage and the main points of each part;3.What impression do you have on the passage?4.How is the passage o
27、rganized?Spatial or chronological?5.Retell and try to draw a picture of the passage.第32页/共44页Introduction:the opening and the thesis statement(dominant impression and the points to be developed);background information,reason,cause,situation;begins with an anecdote,an example,a definition,or a questi
28、on.Body:to describe in a spatial order or chronological order;transitional words or figurative language should be used.Conclusion:restate the dominant impression,reemphasize the points developed in the body or draw a summary.Structure of a descriptive essay第33页/共44页SummarySummaryTo write a successfu
29、l descriptive essay:1.concrete,sensory details of five senses to communicate its point;2.no unrelated details;3.show emotions:use more verbs,adverbs,and adjectives than nouns&use examples;4.have an attitude in the dominant impression unless objective.第34页/共44页Dos and donts in a descriptive essayPage
30、 29第35页/共44页Another exampleGecko!Gecko!In downtown New York,at a somewhat trashy apartment,there lived a man named Howard.He was a young man,in his mid-twenties,and had a terrible fear of cockroaches.Well if youve been to New York,and maybe live or stayed in a rundown hotel,you know how many cockroa
31、ches there are.Too many to count!Howie had just come home from work and was looking for a bit of relaxation.All he wanted to do was get a bowl of ice cream,sit down and read the newspaper.He started raiding the messy cabinets and sink to look for a bowl and a spoon.He found the bowl,got out the ice
32、cream and opened a drawer to get the spoon when,Surprise!Out jumps a big juicy cockroach.After jumping twenty feet in the air and grabbing a spoon out of the drawer,he sat down to calm himself.God forsaken roaches!he yelled,while slowing his heartbeat,just as another cockroach crawled between his fe
33、et.Theres got to be something I can do to get rid of them.Just then,as he was getting his ice cream and reading ads in the paper,one specific ad caught his eye.Got Roaches?We have a solution!Come down to Sams Pet Club today and get yourself the natural predator of the roaches,a Gecko!第36页/共44页Howie
34、had just come home from work and was looking for a bit of relaxation.All he wanted to do was get a bowl of ice cream,sit down and read the newspaper.He started raiding the messy cabinets and sink to look for a bowl and a spoon.He found the bowl,got out the ice cream and opened a drawer to get the sp
35、oon when,Surprise!Out jumps a big juicy cockroach.After jumping twenty feet in the air and grabbing a spoon out of the drawer,he sat down to calm himself.God forsaken roaches!he yelled,while slowing his heartbeat,just as another cockroach crawled between his feet.Theres got to be something I can do
36、to get rid of them.Just then,as he was getting his ice cream and reading ads in the paper,one specific ad caught his eye.Got Roaches?We have a solution!Come down to Sams Pet Club today and get yourself the natural predator of the roaches,a Gecko!“What in the world?Howard thought.He read on:Thats rig
37、ht!A gecko!Follow the directions below to get your very own live cockroach eliminator!Then ask our friendly staff how to care for and what to do to get rid of your cockroaches.Ya right.That gecko will probably eat me while I sleep.he said as yet another roach scuttled across the floor.He felt sick.H
38、e thought it was worth a try,so the very next day he followed the directions on the ad to the pet store.第37页/共44页He asked about the geckos and the staff told him what to do with a gecko and how much they were and,soon enough,he was driving home with his very own gecko.Great,he thought yet another li
39、ttle critter that is going to be loitering around in my house.He got home and did just as the woman at the store told him to do,and let the gecko go.He saw the gecko run under the refrigerator after the nearest cockroach it saw.Well,at least he is doing his job.he said after he heard the loud GECKO,
40、GECKO,sound that geckos make when they swallow.第38页/共44页In-Class Exercise:describing foodTake a look at the following picture and come up with three to four sentences to developThe pizza is delicious.Note:1.Use one dominant impression.2.Try to explore the senses.3.Use details.第39页/共44页第40页/共44页2 Ver
41、sions 1.As you see it,the colorful decorated salad brighten your eyes.The smell invades your nose that you cant help eating it.After a bite,the flavor of different kinds of fruits is filled with your mouth.Its just to melt as your tongue touches it.2.The golden round pizza approves that it is done j
42、ust now.Fresh vegetables is on it,attracting the customers attention,sending a message“taste me”.Touching my stomach,I think it requires the pizza in front of me.Sighed,I start to have the pizza to fit my stomach.第41页/共44页The pizza was delicious.Steam rising up off the melted cheese made my mouth wa
43、ter.The first bite,my teeth sinking into the cheese through the tomato sauce and into the moist crust,made me chew and swallow rapidly.Even the cheese and tomato sauce,sticking to my fingertips,begged to be licked.Suggested Version第42页/共44页After-class assignmentAfter-class assignmentlRead from page 32-39 and:Write the outline of each passage;Tell the thesis statement of each passage;Find out the figurative speech of each passage;lWrite an essay entitled“My Mother”no less than 150 words.第43页/共44页感谢您的观看！第44页/共44页