Transcript 5. Descriptive paragraphs • Objective: Materials

5. Descriptive paragraphs
• Objective:
– Writing the descriptive paragraph with the
appropriate logic and grammar
• Materials
– Writing the descriptive paragraph
– Special grammar in description
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OUTLINE OF DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH
TITLE : Parts of Tobacco
Topic Sentence: The tobacco, its wrapping paper,
and the filter are the most important part of a
cigarette
Part I. The tobacco
Part 2. the wrapping paper
Part 3. the filter
Summary sentence:
In summary …
Diagram of object
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DESCRIPTIVE ORDER
• 1. From top to bottom or bottom to up
• 2. Left to right of right to left
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DESCRIPTIVE ORDER
• 3. From inside out or outside in
• 4. Circular order : clockwise or
counterclockwise
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Language patterns of descriptive
paragraph
• A. to show the object and its parts
An apple is made of …
• ….. Is composed of …
• …. Contains ….
• ….. Consists of …
• B. to show the relationship of one part to another
• The stems is attached to …
• The core seed is surrounded by ….
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Conclusion
• A descriptive paragraph consists of
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A topic sentence,
Subject development
A summary sentence
diagram of object
• Subject development of descriptive paragraph
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the analysis of the parts of the object
The descriptive order:
Vertical order
Horizontal order
Depth order
Circular order
• Language patterns
– To show the object and its parts
– To show the relationship of one part to another
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