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My students have to write descriptions very often while making different academic assignments. I prepared this slide show as a supporting material to teach a case study on poverty alleviation.
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• Jay-ar A. Padernal, BSEd Major in English, University of Mindanao
My students have to write descriptions very often while making different academic assignments. I prepared this slide show as a supporting material to teach a case study on poverty alleviation.
We all do our research and put an effort in making a clear and an accurate presentation, but I'd be glad if this could help especially for those who are taking major in English and the like. Good luck!
A proper credit would be appreciated.
• Jay-ar A. Padernal, BSEd Major in English, University of Mindanao
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2. DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE WRITING
This presentation is about…
* Showing vs. Telling—using details
* Using point of view, intended effect,
connotation, figurative language, and
selective details to influence your reader.
3. DESCRIPTIVE AND NARRATIVE WRITING
Let’s help
this poor
confused
little one
with some
specific
descriptors!
4. I CONCEPTS FOR DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
• DESCRIBING ** MEANS
• “TO COPY IN WRITING”...TO RECREATE THE REAL WORLD WITH
WORDS
• 1—NAMING THE OBSERVABLE FEATURES AND EXACT ACTIONS
• WITH PRECISE NOUNS
• AND SPECIFIC ACTION VERBS
• 2—DETAILING THE SPECIFICS OF NAMING
• (ADJECTIVE, ADVERBS)
• SIZE, QUANTITY, LOCATION, MATERIAL COMPOSITION,
5. C SHOWING VS
TELLING
Telling Showing
The book smells nice.
The ceramic bread
bowl that has been in
my family for five
generations has a
nice, reassuring feel
to it that I realize my
ancestors must have
felt as well.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TELLING AND
SHOWING?
TELLING PROVIDES
INFORMATION, OPINIONS, AND
SOME FACTS.
6. C SHOWING VS
TELLING
Telling Showing
The book smells nice. The first-edition copy
of Longfellow's
collected poems
smelled of old
leather, and a
hundred years of
dusty thoughts.
The ceramic bread
bowl that has been in
my family for five
generations has a
nice, reassuring feel
to it that I realize my
ancestors must have
felt as well.
As the bowl’s smooth,
solid, ceramic interior
guides my hands, I
imagine my great
grandmother’s hands
brushing against the
same sides of this
bowl as she spent
hours kneading
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TELLING AND
SHOWING?
TELLING PROVIDES
INFORMATION, OPINIONS, AND
SOME FACTS.
SHOWING GIVES SENSORY
DETAILS AND PROVIDES
9. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
10. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
11. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
Tuxedo kitten Specific naming with categorical adjective
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
12. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
Tuxedo kitten Specific naming with categorical adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
13. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
Tuxedo kitten Specific naming with categorical adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
with reference to personality designation of noun
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
14. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
Tuxedo kitten Specific naming with categorical adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
with reference to personality designation of noun
My 4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
Plus pronoun to indicate ownership/attachment
(connotation and personal connection to reader/writer)
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
15. D LADDER OF
ABSTRACTION
animal A vague noun
pet Naming with a vague definitional noun
feline Naming with a vague categorical noun
Kitten Naming with Specific categorical/definitional noun
Tuxedo kitten Specific naming with categorical adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
Detailed naming with categorical and condition adjective
with reference to personality designation of noun
My 4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
Plus pronoun to indicate ownership/attachment
(connotation and personal connection to reader/writer)
My 4-month old Tuxedo kitten
named “Darth Vader”
is stuck in a tree
Fully detailed subject...
now we need to work on the predicate
(what kind of tree? Where is it tree? How and why did the cat get stuck?)
The animal is stuck in a
tree.
16. B USING SENSORY
DETAILS
• VISUAL/SIGHT =EYES
• MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, VERBS,
PREPOSITIONS
• (PREDICTING FUTURE OF EVENTS,
ANALYZING PAST CONCERNS, ALTERNATE
EVENTS)
17. B USING SENSORY
DETAILS
• VISUAL/SIGHT =EYES
• MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, VERBS,
PREPOSITIONS
• (PREDICTING FUTURE OF EVENTS,
ANALYZING PAST CONCERNS, ALTERNATE
EVENTS)
• HEAR/SOUND =EARS
• ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS (NAMES OF SOUNDS)
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS (DETAILS)
• (GOOD OR BAD EVENT
ATMOSPHERE…QUALITATIVE/RELATIVE)
18. B USING SENSORY
DETAILS
• VISUAL/SIGHT =EYES
• MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, VERBS,
PREPOSITIONS
• (PREDICTING FUTURE OF EVENTS,
ANALYZING PAST CONCERNS, ALTERNATE
EVENTS)
• HEAR/SOUND =EARS
• ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS (NAMES OF SOUNDS)
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS (DETAILS)
• (GOOD OR BAD EVENT
ATMOSPHERE…QUALITATIVE/RELATIVE)
19. B USING SENSORY
DETAILS
• VISUAL/SIGHT =EYES
• MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, VERBS,
PREPOSITIONS
• (PREDICTING FUTURE OF EVENTS,
ANALYZING PAST CONCERNS, ALTERNATE
EVENTS)
• HEAR/SOUND =EARS
• ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED TO ENGLISH
• NOUNS (NAMES OF SOUNDS)
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS (DETAILS)
• (GOOD OR BAD EVENT
ATMOSPHERE…QUALITATIVE/RELATIVE)
Smell = nose (also anticipation of good/bad event, malicious intent)
Taste = mouth (also music, art, literature, men, women,
fashion==comparison)
** Smell and Taste are not as directly related to English.
20. DECRIPTIVE WRITING STRATEGIES
Details: use the five senses to describe the environs. When composing
sentences for description
use “Camera Movement”: top to bottom, inside out, left to right, front to
back
You don’t need to try and cram every detail into one
sentence. The best method is to focus on two or three
things AT MOST in each sentence.
TRUST THAT YOUR READER WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT ALL
27. II CREATING THE INTENDED EFFECT
• JON KRAKAUER INTO THIN AIR
• CHAPTER1 BEGINS: “STRADDLING THE TOP OF
THE WORLD, ONE FOOT IN CHINA AND THE
OTHER IN NEPAL, I CLEARED THE ICE FROM MY
OXYGEN MASK, HUNCHED A SHOULDER
AGAINST THE WIND, AND STARED ABSENTLY
DOWN AT THE VASTNESS OF TIBET.”
• CHAPTER 1 ENDS WITH:
• “NOBODY SUSPECTED THAT BY THE END OF
THAT LONG DAY, EVERY MINUTE WOULD
**—creating a mood or atmosphere to reinforce the writer’s purpose
**—fill the reader’s imagination with details
**—accumulated connotations, naming, detailing, comparing, and
sensory language
28. III USING CONNOTATIONS
** Connotation—making use of what is associated with words and
phrases
* Think about what comes to mind (Colors, brands, ideology,
cultural significance)
• CONSIDER THE ASSOCIATIONS OF
SONGS AND WORDS AND
IMAGES…
• WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE DO
THESE THINGS HAVE?
29. III USING CONNOTATIONS
** Connotation—making use of what is associated with words and
phrases
* Think about what comes to mind (Colors, brands, ideology,
cultural significance)• STEREOTYPES
ARE ONE WAY
TO THINK
ABOUT THE
NEGATIVE
INFLUENCE
OF
CONNOTATIO
N…
31. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
These are two keys on a keyboard
and when they are put together in
this specific order the meaning of
the image is that the person who
typed the symbols is indicating that
they are ‘happy.”
Are these the keys to
happiness?
Can you use them to open a
door?
Is Happiness a place?
No…
32. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (TROPES)
This picture shows a corner. There is a big red spring visible on the other
side.
There is, physically, an actual, real, spring around this corner.
We use the expression “spring is just around the corner” (usually mid-
33. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (METAPHORS)
Metaphor: the “thisness” of that;
expressing one thing in terms of
another
(where there is some similarity or
correlation between the two)
“Old age is the evening of
life.” (1day = life span)
34. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (METAPHORS)
Metaphor:
the “thisness” of that;
expressing one thing in terms of
another
(where there is some similarity
or correlation between the two)
People in sleeping bags = soft
tacos.
(From the bear’s point of view)
35. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (SIMILES)
Simile:
comparison
between two
things (having a
specific property
or quality in
common);
A simile is
signaled by the
word “like” or
the word “as”David and Sam, like two peas in a pod, are always
36. III FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (SIMILES)
Simile:
comparison
between two
things (having a
specific property
or quality in
common);
A simile is
signaled by the
word “like” or
the word “as”
37. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• ** SELECTION/OMISSION OF DETAILS—
• WRITER IS ACTING AS “FILTER” FOR THE AUDIENCE
• (DETERMINE WHAT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE)
38. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU
FIRST SAW THE WORDS ON THE SIGN?
• THESE WORDS IN THIS COMBINATION
CAN ONLY REFER TO A SHORT LIST
OF THINGS
• A RECREATION AREA COULD BE A
PLACE FOR EXERCISE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
• BUT WHAT DOES “BONG” MEAN?
39. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU
FIRST SAW THE WORDS ON THE SIGN?
• THESE WORDS IN THIS COMBINATION
CAN ONLY REFER TO A SHORT LIST
OF THINGS
• A RECREATION AREA COULD BE A
PLACE FOR EXERCISE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
• BUT WHAT DOES “BONG” MEAN?
• IS THIS AN EXOTIC PET?
NOUN: THE DEEP RESONANT
SOUND ESPECIALLY OF A BELL
VERB: IMITATIVE SOUND-
WORD
(1853 FIRST USE)
40. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU
FIRST SAW THE WORDS ON THE SIGN?
• THESE WORDS IN THIS COMBINATION
CAN ONLY REFER TO A SHORT LIST
OF THINGS
• A RECREATION AREA COULD BE A
PLACE FOR EXERCISE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
• BUT WHAT DOES “BONG” MEAN?
• IS THIS AN EXOTIC PET?
NOUN: THE DEEP RESONANT SOUND ESPECIALLY
OF A BELL
VERB: IMITATIVE SOUND-WORD
(1853 FIRST USE)
NOUN: A SIMPLE WATER PIPE CONSISTING OF A BOTTLE OR VERTICAL
TUBE PARTIALLY FILLED WITH A LIQUID AND A SMALLER OFFSET
TUBE ENDING IN A BOWL
ORIGIN: {THAI} A HOLLOW PIECE OF WOOD OR BAMBOO (1971 FIRST
USE)
41. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU
FIRST SAW THE WORDS ON THE SIGN?
• THESE WORDS IN THIS COMBINATION
CAN ONLY REFER TO A SHORT LIST
OF THINGS
• A RECREATION AREA COULD BE A
PLACE FOR EXERCISE AND SOCIAL
INTERACTION.
• BUT WHAT DOES “BONG” MEAN?
• IS THIS AN EXOTIC PET?
• OR IS THIS NAMED FOR SOME
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL FIGURE?
42. IV: SELECTING AND OMITTING DETAILS
• ** SELECTION/OMISSION OF DETAILS—
• WRITER IS ACTING AS “FILTER” FOR THE AUDIENCE
• (DETERMINE WHAT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE)
43. FINIS
• IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION, POST TO
THE DISCUSSION BOARD OR CONTACT
THE INSTRUCTOR