Description

Learning outcome

• Definition of description

• Types of description

• How to write a description essay effectively

• Description of a place

• Description of a person

Free talk about your weekend

• Where did you go?

• What did you see/witness/hear?

• What did you do?

• How did you feel?

Example: I had a (fascinationg/interesting/unforgettable/boring/dull...) weekend.

Description-definition

The description essay presents a word-picture of people,event,places,objects(描述文就是用生动的语言把人物,时间,地点和环境进行具体的描绘和刻画).

The writer uses a careful selection of specific and concrete details to make a clear dominant impression on the reader.

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.

Example

The fields are tiny, the air makes you sleepy,the sky is of the deepest blue. Everywhere you can see a rich greenery of grass and trees,covering smaller hills and valleys.This is the Vale of Black moor(黑荒野山谷).

​ ---- Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Types of description

• Objective description ---- record details without making any personal comment.

  Objective description focuses on facts, statistics, observable details Textbooks, encyclopedias(百科全书), training manuals(手册,指南), business reports and government publications include objective description.

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