《实用英语写作》教案 (7).pdf

PartNineDescription Description isthe second type ofwriting in English.In thispart,wewill first understand thedefinition ofdescription,wewillthen learn the stepstowritethistypewriting,and last we willexplain in detailsabout thefour subtypesofdescriptivewriting. 9.1Description Description ispaintingapictureinwordsofaperson,place,object,or scene. Adescription essay is generally developed through sensory details, or the impressions of one s senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. That means the writer tries to make ’ readers see, hear, or feel what he or she saw, heard, or felt. Not all details are useful. The writer should choose those that help to bring out the dominant characteristic or outstanding quality of the person or thing described, and leave out those irrelevant ones, which, if included, would only distract the reader’s attention from the main impression the writer wishestogive. Traditionally,description is divided intotwotypes:objective and subjective.In objective description, you record details without making any personal comment. In subjective description, on the other hand, you are free to interpret details for the reader/audience. Few descriptionsoutsideofsciencewriting,however,arecompletely objective. 9.2How toWriteaDescription 1.TheIntroduction In a descriptive essay, the writer’s purpose is to create a dominant impression about a particular person, place, or object. The impression is usually expressed in the introductory paragraph.When thewriter writes a thesis statement for a description,he or she needsto find a person, place, object or a scene (the topic) to write about and then states his or her attitude or impression about that person, place, or object being described (the central idea for the wholeessay). Following sentences are examples of the thesis statement with the general impression underlined: 1.Thecoopers spaciousmodern livingro