专业英语作文课.ppt

Step-by-step Instructions for Writing a Personal Narrative 1.prewriting topic, detail, statement 2. writing beginning, middle. Ending 3.Revising ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, 4. Editing Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammar, sentence errors Prewriting Find a subject Gathering details Focus statement Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. An opinion statement Since tornadoes cause millions of dollars in damage each year, the government should spend more to predict them. Writing Descriptive Elements The ability to describe something convincingly will serve a writer well in any kind of essay situation. The most important thing to remember is that your job as writer is to show, not tell. Lovely, exciting, interesting – these are all useful adjectives in casual speech or when were pointing to something that is lovely, etc., but in careful writing they dont do much for us; in fact, they sound hollow. Let nouns and verbs do the work of description for you. With nouns, your readers will see; with verbs, they will feel. sample Learning a new skill can be a scary experience. One of the hardest tasks I have ever had to do was learn how to swim. I was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn. I also thought it would be good exercise and help me to become physically stronger. What I did not realize was that learning to swim would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous, and my first swimming lesson was no exception. After I changed into my bathing suit in the locker room, I stood timidly by the side of the pool waiting for the teacher and other students to show up. After a couple of minutes the teacher came over. She smiled and introduced herself, and two more students joined us. Although they were both older than I am, they did not seem to be embarrassed about not knowing how to swim. I began to feel more at ease. We jumped into