现代大学英语 基础写作(课件)

现代大学英语基础写作

Content •Summary

•Paragraph

•Narration

•Description

Summary Writing • 1.What

a short piece of writing----the main facts or ideas of a story or article

2.Features:objective , complete , balanced

3.Goal

to give readers an objective,complete,accurate and balanced

4.Where : examination questions

newspaper or TV reports

employees’report

• 5.Tips

read

master the main ideas

figure out important details

not adding extra thing

limit the number of words

preserve the mood and the tone

Gathering essential facts

—summarize the main idea • 1.essential facts and main actions

• 2.necessary background

• 3.leave out unimportant things

• 4.indirect speech and straightforward language • 5.in chronological (time) order

Differences between summarizing essay story

The main ideas The main action

In logical order (逻辑顺序)In chronological order (事情发展顺序)

Summary--Use narration to

describe a person • 1.focus on the main character

• 2.briefly describe the main character

• 3.desbrie an incident to display the character and personality

• 4.conclude with a remark about the implies

Paragraph Writing

1.What

a number of sentences----develop an idea

2.Structure

topic sentence& supporting details

a single point

a discussible point

don’t be too narrow(狭窄)or too broad(宽泛)

Paragraph unity(一致性)

• 1.What

sentences that explain or support the general statement

• 2.How

begin with a discussable point and express it in a topic sentence

stick and prove this single point ,not only repeat it

link words

Paragraph coherence(连贯性)

• 1.What

•every sentences after the first is connect to the one before it, to topic sentence, or to both

• 2.How

•clear order (顺序)

•correct pronouns

•link words and expressions

Narrative paragraph

• 1.What

•describe an incident or a personal experience

• 2.How

•it is complete (beginning-middle-end)

•only important details

•as little conversation as possible •link words and expressions Conclude your own words Indirect speech

Interesting paragraph

Interesting paragraph

Interesting topic

sentence

Enough details

And so on

….

actions

Surroundings

appearances

• 1.What

•the type of writing which tells a story: personal experience, imaginative fiction, historical narrative

• 2.Essential element

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•events arranged in a chosen order

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•told by a narrator

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•purpose: to illustrate a point

•to support an idea

•to explain a procedure(程序,步骤)

•to entertain the reader