英语专业写作王星主编 unit 2 Descriptive_Essays.ppt

How to develop an essay of description effectively? 5. Use examples. Example 5: A description of Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was oclock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. 人们在大街上碰到石顾己，从不会和颜悦色地向他寒暄：亲爱的石顾己，你好吗？什么时候你要来我家坐坐？没有乞丐会向他乞求微薄的施舍，也没有孩童会询问他时间，更从未有人向他问路。 * ppt课件 How to develop an essay of description effectively? Q: What impression have you formed on Mr. Scrooge? stingy, old, solitary, cold, hard, heartless, uncaring, unkind Comment: If you know the plot of the novel, you will realize that Dickens has achieved his original purpose by portraying such a figure. * ppt课件 The plot of the novel The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Scrooges business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first chapter as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevolence. After being warned by Marleys ghost to change his ways, Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts – each in its turn – who accompany him to various scenes with the hope of achieving his transformation. * ppt课件 6. Try moving your reader through space and time chronologically. E.g. to describe a train ride: from start to destination a stream: from its source to the point at which it joins the river. P36 transitions == space time sequence How to develop an essay of description effectively? * ppt课件 7. Use a then-and-now approach to show decay, change, or improvement. E.g. The house where you grew up might now be a rambling shack. The variations are endless. P36 comparison and contrast words How to develop an essay of description effectively? * ppt课件 8. A descriptive essay can be objective or subjective. E.g., ones dog – an objective