1、EXPECTED DUTY REPORT 1. What is descriptive writing? 2. Why do we use descriptive writing? 3. How do we write description? 4. Sample analysis & study. Delicious Tasty Yummy Good Finger-licking good Description is to paint in the mind of the reader an image or a series of images by means of language.
2、 The purpose of a purely descriptive essay is to 1. involve the reader enough so he or she can actually visualize the things being described. 2. make narration or exposition more lively, colorful and exciting when combined with them.The essential features of a descriptive essay Using words to paint
3、pictures and giving readers a certain impression of a specific person, place or thing; Providing 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
4、words/phrases of space and time as transitions.SnapdragonGrommet dressHouse of matchesSatin bonnet1. A descriptive essay is generally developed through sensory details. The impressions of ones sensessight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.Example 1:describing a place Telling: The room was vacant. Sh
5、owing: opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house. once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn. gave notice to the peeling on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓） once covered by pictures. The new gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the
6、room. Faded and torn white covered once new now drowning in dust. opened with a that seemed to fill the house. Sensehearing once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn. Sensesight gave notice to the peeling on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓） once covered
7、 by pictures.Sensesight The new gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room.Sensesmell Faded and torn white covered once new now drowning in dust.Sensesight opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house. once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a w
8、ell worn. gave notice to the peeling on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓） once covered by pictures. The new gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room. Faded and torn white covered once new now drowning in dust. Senses used: Hearing-sight-smell-sightHow to develop an essay of description e
9、ffectively?. E.g. describing a snowfall- let your reader know if it is ; Example 2 A boy with (tattered, torn) clothes rushed through the street, whose footsteps several blocks away. A fair-haired boy runs through the morning street all the way. ()()Use details specific adjectives, adverbs, and vivi
10、d verbs, consistent with the dominant impression.Brief Introduction to the Novel Title: A Christmas Carol Author: Charles Dickson Plot: The story tells of Ebenezer Scrooges ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Pa
11、st, Present, and Yet to Come. Example 3: A description of Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Caroll The cold within him his old features, his nose, his cheek, his gait; his eyes , his thin lips ; and spoke out in his voice. l A rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his chin. He carried his own low
12、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、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。 Word Choice Help P34-35 si
13、ght words touch words hearing words smell words taste wordsUse figures of speech to make the description 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 Carol Oh! But he was a tight-f
14、isted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard 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、噢！但石顾己可是一个要从石头里榨出油
15、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！有捞、有刮、又贪、又抠的老奸巨滑！他他犹如有硬又尖的打火石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，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。宛若牡蛎一般神秘、封闭且孤僻。Use examples. Example 5: A description of Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scroo
16、ge, 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 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
17、问他时间，更从未有人向他问路。How to develop an essay of description effectively? Q: What impression have you formed on Mr. Scrooge? stingy, old, solitary, cold, hard, heartless, uncaring, unkind Comment: If you know the plot of the novel, you will realize that Dickens has achieved his original purpose by portrayi
18、ng such a figure.The plot of the novel The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Scrooges business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first chapter as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevol
19、ence. 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 hope of achieving his transformation. E.g. from start to destination from its source to the point at which it joins the river. P36
20、 transitions = space & time sequence E.g. The house where you grew up might now be a rambling shack. The variations are endless. P36 comparison and contrast words E.g., ones dog an objective descriptionmention such facts as height, weight, coloring and so forth. A subjective descriptioninclude the a
21、bove details, also stress the authors feeling toward the dog, as well as its personality and habits.In-class discussion Read 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 impre
22、ssion do you have on the passage? 4. How is the passage organized? Spatial or chronological? 5. Retell and try to draw a picture of the passage. Introduction: the opening and the thesis statement( dominant impression and the points to be developed); background information, reason, cause, situation;
23、begins with an anecdote, an example, a definition, or a question. 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. To wri
24、te a successful 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.Dos and donts in a de
25、scriptive essay Page 29Another 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 k
26、now how many cockroaches 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
27、the bowl, got out the ice 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 anothe
28、r cockroach crawled between his feet. 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 predat
29、or of the roaches, a Gecko!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 c
30、ream 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
31、 his feet. 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!
32、“What in the world? Howard thought. He read on: Thats right! 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 sai
33、d as yet another roach scuttled across the floor. He felt sick. He thought it was worth a try, so the very next day he followed the directions on the ad to the pet store.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 h
34、ome with his very own gecko. Great, he thought yet another little 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, a
35、t least he is doing his job. he said after he heard the loud GECKO, GECKO, sound that geckos make when they swallow. Take a look at the following picture and come up with three to four sentences to develop The pizza is delicious. Note: 1. Use one dominant impression. 2. Try to explore the senses. 3.
36、 Use details.2 Versions 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
37、approves that it is done just 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. The pizza was delicious. Steam rising up off the mel
38、ted cheese made my mouth water. 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 Versionl Read 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;l Write an essay entitled “My Mother” no less than 150 words.
