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Welcome to English 3.0 Series, Spring 2012Introducing to writing Forms
Hery TheWizIQ Online Class
January 18, 2012
Road Map (2nd Meeting)
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Narration Description Exposition Argumentation
Forms of writing
NARRATION: to tell or relateDESCRIPTION: to define, report, illustrateEXPOSITION: to explain or interpretARGUMENTATION: to persuade or argue
Christmas Cookies (http://examples.yourdictionary.com/narrative-essay-examples.html )“Although I have grown up to be entirely inept at the art of cooking, as to make even the most wretched chef ridicule my sad baking attempts, my childhood would have indicated otherwise; I was always on the countertop next to my mother’s cooking bowl, adding and mixing ingredients that would doubtlessly create a delicious food. When I was younger, cooking came intrinsically with the holiday season, which made that time of year the prime occasion for me to unite with ounces and ounces of satin dark chocolate, various other messy and gooey ingredients, numerous cooking utensils, and the assistance of my mother to cook what would soon be an edible masterpiece. The most memorable of the holiday works of art were our Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, which my mother and I first made when I was about six and are now made annually.”
Example #1: Narration
Acts or events Natural time sequenceShort stories, novels, letters, conversationsEnjoymentIntroducing – Increasing actions- Climax – OutcomesMore examples:
http://thewritesource.com/studentmodels/http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills4a.html
Elements of a narration
Carnival Rides (http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills5a.html)…My first experience with a carnival ride was a Ferris wheel at a local fair. Looking at that looming monstrosity spinning the life out of its sardine-caged occupants, I was dumbstruck. It was huge, smoky, noisy and not a little intimidating. Ever since that initial impression became fossilized in my imagination many years ago, these rides have reminded me of mythical beasts, amazing dinosaurs carrying off their screaming passengers like sacrificial virgins. Even the droning sound of their engines brings to mind the great roar of a fire-breathing dragon with smoke spewing from its exhaust-pipe nostrils.
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Example #2: Description
Sensation
Emotions & Moods
Visualized people, time, places
Visualized inside of heads (character, personality, taught, etc.)
More examples:
http://www.elc.byu.edu/classes/buck/w_garden/students/students_descr_place.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/narrative.htm
Elements of a description
The Myth (http://www.apstudynotes.org/english/sample-essays/definition-success/ )
Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed, having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his life? I am willing to be that it is the second one. Mainstream marketing and media have effectively brainwashed our society into accepting a false, even potentially dangerous definition of success. Marketers want us to believe that having lots of money, living in a big house, and owning all of the latest cars, fashions, and technology is the key to happiness, and hence, success. This overstated, falsely advertised myth is hardly ever the case in real life. True success requires respect, appreciation, integrity, and patience—all of which are traits that by human nature are genuinely difficult to attain—especially in the face of modern marketers who relentlessly deceive us, control our thoughts, and usurp our independence in order to increase their bottom line.
Example #3: Exposition
Information, explanation, meaning makingEditorial, essay, instructional materialsUsually NOT Stand AloneTypes: process – definition – analysis – criticismMore examples:
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-exposition.htmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/10888/expos.html
Elements of an exposition
Should high school athletes be given drug test?(http://people.oregonstate.edu/~petersp/ORST/WR121_files/argument.htm#Sample Essays) There is evidence that shows that students who are involved in athletics are no more likely to use drugs than any other people in the student body. (Bailey, William) There should be a reason for the schools to single out athletes from the other students for drug testing. The only appropriate reasons for treating athletes differently by giving them drug tests would be if they more likely to use drugs than other students, they were at greater risk of using drugs, the use of drugs being riskier to them, or that the tests will be more likely to come back positive for athletes. It is true in some schools across the United States, that athletes are more likely to consume alcohol at a weekend party, but if a urine sample were taken the following week, it would come back clean. So this testing would only be a waste of time and money. Student athletes more than likely know that there are way to beat a drug test so they won’t hesitate to drink anyways.
Example #4: Argumentation
Opinion – Stand point Persuade, ConvinceInviting debate (pro and cons)More examples:
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~petersp/ORST/WR121_files/argument.htm#Sample Essays
Elements of an argumentation
Write a description of a place (a football stadium, garden, classroom, library, bridge, well-known street corner, country road, superhighway) or a point in time (the hour before dawn, noon in the summer, one of the seasons, a holiday, twilight, a moonlit night, sunset, a rainy day, a snowy afternoon). *) Taken from Wishon & Burks (1980), Let’s Write English
Individual practice
Usually: combination of writing forms
Possible to be used alonePractice and feedback
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