Exploratory task 1.16

Using the format of the “descriptive paragraph”, write a description of a new purchase you have recently made. Do not name it! Let your partners make a guess from description

Topic Sentence:	Gives the main impression of the scene, object, or person.
Supporting Details:	Give the details that lead to the main impression. These details are usually arranged in a logical, spatial sequence (e.g., top to bottom, left to right).
Concluding Sentence:	Summarizes or emphasizes the overall impression.

Description can take for form of the parallel writing, i.e. using another text or data as a basis. Exploratory task 2.3: describe the person using the data from the table. Create your own table to describe a person in a more complex task.

Name	Age	Hair	Height	Clothes
Andrew Lucy   Vera		Black Fair   Blond	Very tall Medium   Short	Blue sweater T-shirt and shorts Skirt and blouse

Description:	Character drawing, verbal portrait, putting image in words
Narration:	Paragraph, anecdote, short story, diary, fable, myth, personal letter
Exposition:	News story, business letter, autobiography.
Persuasion:	Letter of complaint, letter to the editor, review, advertisement.
Reasoning	Essay, report, article, research paper.

Address of the sender

Address of where the letter is to be sent

Greeting

Body of the letter

Closing

Polite expression

Dear Mum, Gone to cinema. Back about 10.30. Dinner in fridge. IF Alex rings, please get his new number. Hope interview went well! Love, Sandra.

Dear Mum, I am writing to tell you that I have gone to the cinema. I will be back at approximately half past ten. I have placed your dinner in the refrigerator. Should Alex ring, would you be so good as to obtain his new telephone number? I do so hope your interview was successful. With every best wishes, Maria.

· Name · Address · Telephones, fax, e-mail · Date · Job objective – reasons for writing a resume. · Educational record. Begin with the most recent record. · Employment history beginning with the most recent record. List dates, job titles, organizations, achievements at your job. · References (available upon request). · Optional points: marital status, career plans, special interests.

Rewrite the above job application letter to produce a better impression of yourself and to stand a better chance of getting a job. Use the following format

Opening	Tell what job you are writing about	I am writing in response to the advertisement in …
Object-ive	State clearly the job you want to do and why you think you will be best to do it	I am interested in the position of … My experience is …
Action	Describe how you can be useful for the company	I am very much motivated to …
Polite closing	Be positive and express hope	I look forward to hearing from you…

The types of cohesive devices

that make textual clauses related to each other:

- reference (word or sentence becomes comprehensible from a previous or the next sentence),

- substitution ("Everybody believed in the victory. We did so too")

- ellipsis ("They might win or they might not")

- conjunction (next, at the same time, earlier, meanwhile etc)

- lexis = reiteration of the same topical words in the text (crisis - crisis), the use of synonyms (victory - triumph) and super-ordinates (senators - congressmen - politicians).

Cohesive phrases and their functions:	To link a topic as for concerning with regard to with respect to	To Summarize in all in a word in brief briefly	To Show Purpose in order that in order to so that
To Show Cause and Effect accordingly as a consequence as a result	To Compare by comparison here again likewise similarly	To Contrast conversely instead in spite of that on the contrary	To Explain, Give Reasons actually certainly in fact
To Add Information and Reason s besides equally moreover to say nothing of	To Show Logical Order for example for instance in particular	To Show Conviction at least apparently evidently certainly presumably	To Show Concession after all at any rate however nevertheless

Choose the most suitable word to connect to the following sentences.

- The hotel is quite expensive. It is … beyond the reach of our customers. - The resort is well worth a visit. … the beach is rocky, it is stunningly beautiful.

Description: “ parallel writing”, i.e. using another text or data as a basis. Describe the people from the table. Then create your own table to describe a person in a more complex task.

Name	Age	Hair	Height	Clothes
Andrew Lucy Vera		Black Fair Blond	Very tall Medium Short	Blue sweater T-shirt and shorts Skirt and blouse

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