literature 8 大学英语泛读课件.ppt

Roots prov; prob = test; try; examine; good approve; disprove; improve; probable; quire; quest; quisit = seek; ask acquire; inquire; require; quest; question; request; conqure(conquest_ rupt = break abrupt; bankrupt; corrupt; erupt; interrupt; scend = climb ascend; descend; sect= cut section; insect; scribe; script = write describe; inscribe; prescribe; subscribe; transcribe; manuscript; postscript; Scripture sert = join; put insert; desert; exert serv; serve =keep; heed; serve conserve; deserve; observe; preserve; reserve; sign =sign; mark signify; assign; design; resign; sist = stand assist; consist; exist; insist; persist; resist; solve; solut = loosen solve; absolute; dissolve; resolve; spect; spic; scope = look; see expect; inspect; introspect; prospect; respect; retrospect; suspect; spectacle; conspicuous; despise; specimen; scope; telescope; microscope; stethoscope Recognizing paragraph development(2) Comparison-contrast organization In analytical writings, writers often compare, and they point out similarities between persons, objects and ideas; they often contrast, and they point out differences. Comparison/contrast is often found in analytical writings and in other types of writings such as descriptive writings. Doctors and Teachers There are many similarities between doctors and teachers. First, both doctors and teachers are considered professionals by their communities. …. Second, both doctors and teachers help others: doctors heal the bodies of sick people and return them to health, and teachers mold the minds of young people and turn them into responsible, educated adults. Last, both doctors and teachers are essential members of a community. It is difficult to imagine a city or town that has no need of either a doctor or a teacher. Such a place would truly be primitive. The word similarities in the topic sentence clearly signals that in the paragraph the subjects will be compared—that is, their similarities will be pointed o