英语写作Ⅱdescriptiveessays.ppt
descriptive-writing-essay(ppt文档)
Location (位置): 1. Our university lies near /behind /
in front of / by the side of… / between / among… 2. There stands an old temple near the river. 3. Our city is located in…, Be adjacent to, in the vicinity(neighborhood) of
Surroundings (周边环境):
1. The beautiful town is located/situated on the west of the lake/to the west of the mountain/ in the west of the province.
Description of a place
Principles: ● Know your purpose.
● Focus on a dominant idea.
● Know your audience.
● Base your description on observation.
Organization of the Composition
From the center to the outside or from the outside to the center
Describing a place
When you want to describe a place, what aspects will you talk about?
1. location 2. area history 7. places of interest 8. something special
Unit 2 Descriptive Essays (Ⅱ)
F. Euphemism
It is the substitution of a mild or vague expression for a harsh or unpleasant one, for example: 1. to die → to pass away, to leave us; one’s heart has stopped beating 2. old people → senior citizens
D. Metonymy (换喻)
It is substituting the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. Thus the crown can stand for a king, and the White House for the American government, the bottle for wine or alcohol, and the bar for legal profession.
When there are two or three paragraphs, each paragraph describes one point. The length of each paragraph is determined by how important the point is in the essay. Usually , we write more about the more important point and place that section first, if the points are of equal importance, they are given equal attention and space.
英语作文 Descriptive Essays-精品
Descriptive EssaysDescriptive writing portrays people, places, things, moments and theories with enough vivid detail to help the reader create a mental picture of what is being written about.Things to Consider as You Write Your Descriptive EssayThink of an instance that you want to describe.Why is this particular instance important?What were you doing?What other things were happening around you? Is there anything specificthat stands out in your mind?Where were objects located in relation to where you were?How did the surroundings remind you of other places you have been?What sights, smells, sounds, and tastes were in the air?Did the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes remind you of anything?What were you feeling at that time?Has there been an instance in which you have felt this way before?What do you want the reader to feel after reading the paper?What types of words and images can convey this feeling?Can you think of another situation that was similar to the one you are writing about? How can it help explain what you are writing about?Is there enough detail in your essayto create a mental image for the reader? Conventions of Descriptive Essays Illustrated by Sample ParagraphsAppealing-to-the-Senses Description: Let the reader see, smell, hear, taste, and feel what you write in your essay.The thick, burnt scent of roasted coffee tickled the tip of my nose just seconds before the old, faithful alarm blared a distorted top-forty throughits tiny top speaker. Wiping away the grit of last night\'s sleep, the starch white sunlight blinded me momentarily as I slung my arm like an elephant trunk along the top of the alarm, searching for the snooze button. While stretching hands and feet to the four posts of my bed, my eyes opened after several watery blinks. I crawled out of the forter, edging awkwardly like a butterfly from a cocoon, swinging my legs over the side of the bed. The dusty pebbles on the chilled, wood floor sent ripples spiraling from my ankles to the nape of my neck when my feet hit the floor. Grabbing the apricot, terri-cloth robe, recently bathed in fabric softener and October wind, I knotted it tightly at my waist like a prestigious coat of armor and headed downstairs to battle the morning.Spatial-Order Description: Show the reader where things are located from your perspective.Billy Ray\'s Pawn Shop and Lawn Mower Repair looked like a burial groundfor country auction rejects. The blazing, red, diesel fuel tanks beamed in front of the station, looking like cheap lipstick against the pallid, wrinkled texture of the parking lot sand. The yard, not much larger than the end zone at General G. Patton High School on the north end of town, was framed with a rusted metallic hedge of lawn mowers, banana seat bicycles, and corroded oil drums. It wasn\'t a calico frame of rusted parts, but rather an orchestra of unwanted machinery that Billy Ray had arranged into sections. The yellow-tanked mowers rested silently at the right of the diesel fuel. Once red, now faded orange, mowers stood at attention to the left. The oil barrels, jaded and pierced with holes, bellared like chimes when the wind was right. The bikes rested sporadically throughout the lot. In the middle of it all was the office, a faded, steel roof supported by cheap two-by-fours and zebra paneling. Billy Ray was at home, usually, five blocks east of town on Kennel Road.2019年08月15日。
描写文-descriptive-writingPPT课件
(smell). She took it from the bowl, her
fingers closing around the firm smooth skin
(touch) as she lifted it to her lips. The apple
crunched loudly (sound) as her teeth cut
bitter.
2021/6/4
10
Example Two
• The scar on his chin only shows up in a certain light. (sight)
• He wears too much aftershave(须后水). (smell)
• The kiwi fruit tastes acid. (taste)
2021/6/4
3
If you were going to describe biting into an apple, you would not simply say:
"He bit into the apple and it tasted good".
2021/6/4
4
Descriptive writing would convey the same sentence as follows:
2021/6/4
12
The apple was bright green, its skin
polished and shining as it nestled in the fruit
bowl (sight). The scent was fresh, as though
the fruit had just been plucked from the tree
descriptive writing 描写文PPT课件
Wide-apart eyes
Close-set eyes
Evenly-spaced eyes
Almond-eyes
Prominent eyes
Hooded eyes
Deep-set eyes
第14页/共39页
• （2）Eyes：
big/ small eyes bright / sparkling / twinkling / shining eyes 闪闪发光 hazel eyes 淡褐色的眼睛 deep-set 深陷的 sunken 凹陷的; bulging/protruding 凸出的 thin eye brows 淡眉毛 thick bushy eyebrows 浓密独眉毛 long eye lashes 长睫毛
perfect figure完美的身材 muscular 肌肉的,强壮的
第24页/共39页
Clothes
• Casual
• Blouse
• Smart
• Pullover
• Trendy
• Sweater
• Formal
• Cardigan
• Shabby
• Skirt
• Jeans
• Dress
第6页/共39页
Exercise
• She has charming eyes. • He was a gentle man.
第7页/共39页
• Her eyes were quick and bright; they were a yellowish brown, about the color of her hair. She had a way of turning them swiftly upon an object and holding them there as if lost in some inward maze of contemplation or thought.
Descriptive WritingPPT.ppt改
Example 3: A description of Mr. Smith in A Christmas Carol
The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.
Why do we use descriptive writing?
• The purpose of a purely descriptive essay is to • 1. involve the reader enough so he or she can actually visualize（设想） the things being described. • 2. make narration or exposition more lively （生动的）, colorful（有趣的，富有色彩的） and exciting（使人激动的） when combined with them.
• Common time transitions
after soon then today when eventually meanwhile as finally next at last first now before last second during later since while
Taste
Adjectives include: pungent(辛辣的), sour, acrid (辛辣的), bitter, stinking（发恶臭的), putrid（腐烂 的）, decaying(腐烂的）, rancid（陈腐 的）, stale（不新鲜，走味的),bad.
英语作文写作之Description 描写40 优质课件
Descriptive Essay
Make readers see, taste, hear, smell and feel. Give the reader a mental picture.
Pro essay- Intro
Imagine a restaurant where your every whim is catered to, your every want satisfied, your every request granted without hesitation. The people on staff live to please you. They hover over you anxiously as you sample your selection, waiting for your judgment. Your pleasure is their delight, your dissatisfaction their dismay. Lou’s isn’t that kind of place.
Question- body 1
Does the paragraph support the thesis? Do you get a sense of how Lou treats his
costumers?
Pro essay- example 3
“Maaaaakeee someone happy… Make-makemaaakeeee someone happy,” he croons as he lifts the steaming pot that has infused the room with the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee. He carries it to the woman’s table, fills her cup, and drops two single-serving containers of half and half nearby. Sight___ Sound___ Taste__ Smell__ Touch___
Descriptive_Essay_2
• The ten-inch snowfall was beautiful, but it was also quite deadly. Cars had slid off the road, forcing drivers to walk on the ice. The town had several bad car collisions, mostly at corners. The worst one of all happened when a sixteen-year-old driver hit and killed a grandmother crossing Walnut Avenue.
What trouble does snowfall bring drivers?
Is description objective or subjective?
• A descriptive essay can be objective or subjective, giving the author a wide choice of tone and attitude. • Objective description of one's dog would mention facts like its height, weight and color. • Subjective description would include all that, but would also stress the author's feeling toward the dog, and its personality and habits. • Objective or subjective? • Blondie, a cute wiener dog with a winsome look, was my favorite pet. She liked to follow me. At the store, when I gave her half of my Twinkie, her eyes would twinkle. She liked fishing with me, especially when I caught minnows for her to eat. The only place she didn‘t go was school, but she waited at the bus stop for me, come cloud or rain. She was a great pet.
- 1、下载文档前请自行甄别文档内容的完整性，平台不提供额外的编辑、内容补充、找答案等附加服务。
- 2、"仅部分预览"的文档,不可在线预览部分如存在完整性等问题,可反馈申请退款(可完整预览的文档不适用该条件!)。
- 3、如文档侵犯您的权益，请联系客服反馈,我们会尽快为您处理(人工客服工作时间：9:00-18:30)。
Ⅲ Describing a person
1. write about one or two aspects of a person
Sample 1:
My sister is a boyish girl./ Her hair is short and straight just like a boy’s. she doesn’t like bright colors such as red, yellow, pink and green, but likes white, black and grey best. Never caring for skirts, stockings and stylish shoes, she loves wearing jackets and jeans. A pair of white sneakers are always on her feet. Sometimes she wears a men’s suit and a pair of men’s leather shoes as if she were a gentleman./
Basketball and football are her favorite sports. She also enjoys watching boxing and wrestling on TV. She always shouts and cheers excitedly when she is watching a football match. When she is with her friends, she often says “Ladies first” to other girls. The most interesting thing is that she has been mistaken for a boy many times. And she is very pleased with that. She always says that Mom made a mistake and she should have been a boy.
I looked at him. He was thin, short, and dark. His hair was like a bundle of straw. His dirty clothes and tired look were clearly signs of a long travel. His clothes were made of cheap cloth. The coat was too short and the trousers too loose. And he wore a pair of rubber shoes, which were very unfashionable. He did not look like a smart freshman at all. “A yokel,” I concluded.
2. What is each paragraph about in the body?
Ⅰ. Definition
Description is painting in words of a person, place, object, or scene.
Ⅱ Structure 1. Introduction
Unit Two
Objectives
After Studying the unit, the student should be able to:
➢Write a descriptive essay effectively;
➢ Practice (and review) the skills and
The second time he spoke, his accent told me that he was from the south. “Shall I help you to get your luggage from the office?” I did not refuse since I really needed help. He was quick in movement. He walked out of the room and was soon far ahead of me in the corridor.
methods of description (discussed in Book
It was my first day at the university. I walked into the building where I was going to live, and looked at door after door for my name. At last I found it. In the room there was already a student, plain but good, making his bed.
lead-in thesis statement
2. body
---including one or more paragraphs
---Each paragraph describes one point.
3. conclusion
restate the main impression and draw a summary
After we said “How do you do” to each other, he continued his work, paying no more attention to me. “What a stuck-up fellow,” I thought. I examined the room. It was not different in the fittings and furnishings from any other room I had seen, but it had been thoroughly cleaned --- by my new roommate, no doubt.
“A good guy.” I said to myself. “I will make friends with him.” I hurried and caught up with him.
Questions for the essay:
1. How many parts are there in the essay?