怎样提高英语写作水平.ppt

Make Your Writing More Interesting! Varying sentence structures Vary your Sentence Openings If you start too many sentences with the same word, especially ‘The’, ‘It’, ‘This’, or ‘I’, guess what will happen? It was such a coincidence to meet Molly at the cinema. How about these: When I sat down at the cinema, I realised that, coincidentally, I was sitting next to Molly. Molly and I, without any advance planning, ended up sitting next to each other at the cinema. Unbelievable, I know, but Molly and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the cinema. At the crowded cinema, packed with 300 people, Molly and I ended up, by sheer coincidence, sitting right next to each other. I have known many coincidences in my life, but none more surprising than finding myself sitting next to Molly at the cinema. How extraordinary it was to find that I was sitting right next to Molly at the cinema! Sentences with the same rhythm and length can be very monotonous… We went to Chester Zoo. We went to look at the bats. It was dark in the Bat Cave. The bats were beautiful. Some bats were flying around our heads. Some bats were sleeping upside down. Bethany was scared at first. Later, she bought a cuddly bat. Use connectives If your sentences are short and the rhythm does not work, try joining sentences, clauses and phrases with connectives: and, but, so, or, for, yet, however, in spite of, etc….. Add imagery (similes, metaphors), adjectives, adverbs, adventurous vocabulary… Use short and long sentences. Class Six visited Chester Zoo last summer to look at the bats. In the darkness of the Bat Cave they met a variety of beautiful nocturnal creatures, some fluttering soundlessly around their ears and others resting upside-down in the darkest corners. Bethany had been worried, but, after learning more and seeing the bats in their home, she became very fond of them. She later left the zoo clutching a cuddly toy bat. Use different types of sentence. Simple sentences: Alex enj