西安交通大学研究生英语写作writing styles.ppt

Chapter5Typesofwriting*contentThepurposewhenyouwriteDescribingaperson,place,orthingTellingastoryorrecountinganincidentReportinginformationProvidinginstructionsorexplainingaprocessArguingapositionorprovingapointAnalyzingsomething---atext,atheory,anattidude,oranevent*contentKeysindeterminingthetypeofwritingTopic(subject)Purpose(whyyouarewriting)Style(howyoushouldwrite)Tone(yourattitudetowardyoursubject–supportive,condemning,objective,etc.)*contentMaintypesofwritingDescriptionNarrationExpositionArgumentation*contentDescription---Paintingapictureinwordsofaperson,place,object,:Adescriptiveessayhasone,.*contentDescriptionConventions:Adescriptiveessayreliesonconcrete,,youmustbesurethatthedominantimpressionconveysanattitude.*contentTypesofdescriptionObjectiveandSubjectiveDescriptionofaperson,place,object,orscene*contentObjectiveandSubjectiveObjectivedescriptionfocusesonfacts,statistics,,sensationalism,orsubjectiveinterpretation:[Example]UNaidofficialsreportthatthedroughthasexacerbated(恶化,增剧,)(停止,终止)%(护送)driversbringingsuppliesfromthecoast.*,feelings,moodofthewriter.[Example]Theoncefertile(富饶,肥沃)valleyisnowadustymoonscape(荒凉的风景)ofdryriverbeds,brokenearth,,hunger,(瘦弱的)orphanswanderalongthehighway,liftingbony,,theiryoungfacesar