descriptive writingPPT学习教案

1、会计学1descriptive writingDefinition and PurposeBasic featuresTips for Descriptive WritingOutline第1页/共19页3 第2页/共19页Definition of descriptive writingDescriptive writing, sometimes called “showing writing”, is writing that describes a particular person, place or event in great detail. 第3页/共19页5The purpos

2、es of descriptive writing. . 1. Record thoughts2. Feelings stimulated by these impressions 3.Share sensory impressions第4页/共19页6Examples Youre tired ; youre hungry. You ve just spent a long day at College Library and you cant wait to get back to your room . Glancing outside, you realize how quickly i

3、t becomes dark. You dont think much of it , though, as you bundle up and head out into the gusty wind. Not until you spy the shadows on the sidewalk or hear the leaves rustling besides you do you wish you werent alone. You walk quickly , trying to stop your imagination from thinking of murderers and

4、 rapists. Only when you are safely inside your room do you relax and try to stop your heart from pounding out of your chest. 第5页/共19页7 我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。朱自清朱自清背影背影第6页/共19页8第7页/共19页9Two Basic FeaturesSensory DetailVivid Language第8页/共19页10第9页/共

5、19页11Salt Looks like: white, small, shiny（有光泽的有光泽的 ）. Feels like: soft, slips through my fingers. Tastes like: bitter, salty, bad. Sounds like: quiet,silent. Smells like: faint（模糊的模糊的）, odorless（无味的无味的）.第10页/共19页12?第11页/共19页13It was a nice day.The sun may have been shining indirectly through trees,

6、casting soft shadows and warming the ground, and the breeze carrying a smell of clean sand and rain.第12页/共19页14Use various rhetorical devices such as metaphor ,simile, personification and so on. You pass from the heat and glare of a big open square into a cool , dark cavern which extends as far as t

7、he eye can see, losing itself in the shadowy distance.Cavern: MetaphorEye：Metonymy第13页/共19页15Tips for vivid descriptive writing1. Avoid simply telling us what something looks like-you need also tell us how it tastes, smells, sounds, or feels!2.Avoid abstract language-it wont help the reader understa

8、nd what youre trying to say.abstract languageconcrete language第14页/共19页16concrete languageabstract languagemake the story or image clearer and more realmake the story or image difficult to visualizeYour readers can easily grasp and form a picture.Your readers may feel empty,disconnected, and possibly confused.第15页/共19页17Examples:Abstract: beautiful Concrete: slim fair(白皙的) youthful energetic noble (高贵的) elegant Sentences-DogAbstract：Its a cute dog.Concrete: She is a hairy dog with two big eyes and a short tail, and she always jumps up and down whe