WRITING 3MODUL 6 – NARRATIVE 2

Meiliza – Spring 2015

Objectives

0You are able to …0 Develop stories from news headlines0 Write narrative poems0 Produce imaginative stories

1 – NEWS HEADLINES

Grammar: Stative Passive

News headlines must be written interestingly.

A news headline must be able to tell the story in a very short sentence, but it should trigger the readers to read it.

Examples

Five students killed in a train crash

GAM kills an Indonesian Army

Megawati to Russia

Model for Developing Stories from News Headlines

Grammar: Stative PassiveStative passive forms are used to describe an existing situation or state.

Characteristics:

2 – NARRATIVE POEMS

Grammar: Contractions

A poem that tells something.

A poem uses very limited words.

Imagery Figurative language

Conno-tation

Deno-tation

NARRATIVE POEMS

SAMPLE FOR Narrative Poem:

GRAMMAR: Contractions

3 – IMAGINATIVE STORIES

Grammar: Conditional Sentences

IMAGINATIVE STORIES

Imagi-nation

Paradox of the

existing situation

You may write

impossi-ble

things

Make it nice to

read

GRAMMAR: Conditional Sentences

A conditional sentence generally consists of an if-clause (which presents a condition) and a result clause. TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PAST

WRITING 3MODUL 7 – COMPARATIVE

Meiliza – Spring 2015

A Comparison Essay

A Contrast Essay

An essay in which you emphasize the similarities.

An essay in which you emphasize the differences.

COMPARATIVE 1. First compare, then contrast (or vice versa)

2. First do one idea, then do the other

3. Write only about the comparable and contrastable elements of each idea

4. Only compare or only contrast

Objectives

0You are able to …0 Write essays on comparing things0 Write essays on choices0 Write essays on giving advice

1 – COMPARISONS

Grammar: COMPARING THINGS

COMPARING THINGS

Block arrangement style

Point-by-point or alternating arrangement style

GRAMMAR: Comparing Things

A. Comparative Adjectives

Adjectives modify, or describe, other words such as nouns and pronouns and answer the questions: which?, how many?, and what kind?

Examples

Adverbs modify, or describe, other words such as verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They answer the questions: how?, when?, and where?, and to what extent?

B. Comparative Adverbs

Examples

2 – CHOICESGrammar: Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result)

WRITING CHOICES

Grammar: Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result)

3 – ADVICEGrammar: Showing Direct Contrast

WRITING ADVICE

You will learn how to respond problem by writing advice.

Grammar: Showing Direct Contrast: While and Whereas