英文写作描写文.ppt

Description Basic Writing (2) Essay Writing Contents 1. What is descriptive writing? 2. Why do we use descriptive writing? 3. How to write description 4. Assignment Delicious Tasty Yummy Good Finger-licking good What is descriptive writing? A sentence definition of description: Description is to paint in the mind of the reader an image or a series of images by means of language. 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 the things being described. 2. make narration or exposition more lively, colorful and exciting when combined with them. How to develop an essay of description effectively? 1. A descriptive essay is generally developed through sensory details. The impressions of one’s senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Example 1:describing a place Telling: The room was vacant. Showing: The door opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house. Cob webs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn floor. The light gave notice to the peeling paint on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓） once covered by pictures. The new air gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room. Faded and torn white sheets covered once new furniture now drowning in dust. The door opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house. Sense—hearing Cob webs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn floor. Sense—sight The light gave notice to the peeling paint on the walls and to the silhouettes（轮廓） once covered by pictures. Sense—sight The new air gave life to a stuffiness that entrapped the room. Sense—smell Faded and torn white sheets covered once new furniture now drowning in dust. Sense—sight The door opened with a resounding echo that seemed to fill the house. Cob webs once attached flowed freely in the air as the open door brought light to a well worn floo