1. Description How to write a descriptive essay?

2. What is descriptive essay? A descriptive essay is painting a picture in words of person, place, object or scene.

3. A Descriptive Essay Sensory Words

4. What is the most important for an effective descriptive essay? Show more than tell. Show more than tell. Language features in a descriptive essay… Detailed; Sensory; Figurative.

5. Compare: He was very, very angry. His face turned red, and one corner of his mouth twitched as he tried to control his anger. He was nervous. His heart raced, his pulse pounded and perspiration tickled down his face”.

6. Use lively adverbs. Eg.1 The car runs. The car runs smoothly./ The car runs haltingly. Eg.2 The president prepared his address. The president very carefully and thoroughly prepared his address. Eg.3 The swim team accepted the gold medal. Proudly and excitedly, the swim team accepted the gold medal.

7. Compare… In the window was a fan. The blades of the rusty window fan clattered and whirled as they blew out a stream of warm and soggy air. Sensory detail

8. Compare… Compare… He says he is very busy. She has golden hair. He says he is almost as busy as a bee. Her hair is like the golden sun. Figurative

9. Contents Description of a/an personplace object scene

10. Description of a Person Appearance Character Thoughts Feelings Peculiarities idiosyncrasies dominant characteristic/ outstanding quality

11. How to Describe a Person The beginning—— produce an overall impression and your feeling about the person The main body——based on certain orders The conclusion——your assessment and evaluation

12. Sample Reading Read the sample3 on Page 117 and answer the questions below. 1.How dose Kissinger describes Chou En-lai's appearance and character? 2. What details are given to show Chou En-lai's pecularities?

13. Description of a Place 第 13 页 centre edge far left right near

14. Sample Reading Read the sample 5 on Page 119 and answer the questions below. 1. In what order dose the author depict "The Middle Eastern Bazaar"? 2. What are the peculiarities of this bazaar?

15. Description of an object size, shape, color, texture, taste or smell usefulness, usage or importance the most important characteristic

16. Sample Reading Read the sample 8 on Page 124 and answer the following questions. 1. What is the shape of the new coin? What dose the shape symbolize? 2. What is the significance of the coin?

17. Description of a scene → 1) dominant impression → 2) concrete details → 3) logical development → 1) central idea → 2) description of setting (concrete details) → 3) description of characters and their actions → 4) repeat the central idea

18. Sample Reading Read the sample 9 on Page 125 and answer the question below. What is the dominant impression of the typhoon?

19. Homework 1. Preview the Narration 2. Read the samples11-13 on Page 128-132