英语专四写作Diction 2 Connotation DenotationGeneral Specific Abstract Concrete.pptVIP

Abstract Concrete More Concrete art painting Van Gogh’s Starry Night e.g. Happiness is a cancelled 8:00 class on a cold, raining morning. Panic is realizing that next Wednesday’s test is this Wednesday. A good man: kind, honest, just, generous, sympathetic, warm-hearted, selfless, honorable. Good food: tasty, delicious, rich, fresh, substantial, wholesome, nourishing bad children: rude, ungrateful, selfish, perverse bad meat: tough, tainted, overcooked, contaminated Specific and concrete words make writing vivid and clear, and are usually used in description and narration. Yet a summary or an outline usually calls for general words. Exercises: say what you mean A nice chair A nice dinner A nice car A nice dress A nice student Nice weather Nice manners Activity 1 I met a writer who is related to a politician. I met a newspaper writer who is related to a senator. I met a columnist who is related to a senator from New York. I met the columnist William F. Buckley, who is related to Senator James L. Buckley of New York. I met the columnist William F. Buckley, who is the brother of Senator James L. Buckley of New York. Activity 2 It is considered that a fair percentage of the samples received from one of our suppliers during the preceding months contained a contaminant. Who has voiced the opinion? How many? Which supplier? What contaminant? We estimated that 60% of the samples received from Ramsort Chemicals in June were contaminated with 0.5% to 0.8% lead. Activity3 Specific words help to make writing clear, exact, vivid, and striking, for they are more informative and expressive than general words. 1.Jack went to the window and looked at the crowd outside. Jack tiptoed to the window and peeped at the crowd outside. 2.Trees surround the water near our summer place. Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin. 3.A few houses were destroyed yesterday. Five houses were burnt down yesterday. 4.An elderly man had collapse