Whenwriting.! book or film review, give TOUTreader a briefidea ot the plol [without

Being able to summarize

ANALYSING A MODEL TEXT

a Which of the following would normally influence you to read a certain book?

• A friend ol vours has recommended it.

• it4 л best seller everybody 1$ reading it,

• You've seen and enjoyed a film based on is.

• You were told to read it at s«.ho<>'§ or university.

• You have read a good review ol it,

b Read this newspaper book review. In

Whichparagraph do \ou find the followinginformation? Write 1 —! in the boxes,or DS if the review doesn't sayHoes thereview make you wani toread the book?

The Strong pointsoff he book The basic outline oftheplot What happens in theend Where and whenthe Storyis sei The weaknesses of the book Whether thereviewer recommends thehook or no!

How good the i-.nghsh translation is Who the author г$ Who the main characters au Mov» rriuch the book costs Who (he book is.suitable for

Whenwriting.! book or film review, give TOUTreader a briefidea ot the plol [without

giving away the whole $i$)r^j. Trs to make your description as concise a* possible: t«leave you space to give vour own opinion.

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at these extracts тип the second paragraph. Which words did uthor leave out to make it more concise? Then read the rules foi iciple clauses to check,

ciple clauses

\nier uses participles (devastated, convinced, keeping', instead ol ject - verb. Past participles replace verbs in the passive, and present. ipics (-ing forms) replace verbs in the active. I he subject ol the e is usually the same as the subject of the mam clause, cipk clauses can be used:

.tead of a conjunction [after, as, when, because, although txc) ♦ subject. erke.g. Devastated by the fact... instead Ы Because he is devastated,.. stead of a relative clause, e.g. carefully keeping instead of who is keeping

rite the highlighted phrases to make them more concise using ciple clauses.

she believes him to be the murderer, Anya is absolutely terrified.

meile, who has been forced u> marry а man she doe* not love, ddes to throw herself into her work.

nan, who realizes that the police tire after him. tries to get out of the country. was first published ia S903 and it has been reprinted many times

cause he is deeply ashamed of how he has behaved, Luke cannot;e his family and friends

is set during the First World War, and it tells the story of a young soldier.

hen he hears the shot. Mark rushes into the house.

erline the adverbs of degree in these phrases from the review,

it effect do they have on the adjectives?

■ ■■•.... ■ el,

your instinct. Cross out any adverbs which don't fit in these

ences, Tick if ail are possible.

; on.¹- criticism is thai the plot is a bit slightly a little implausible,

к- List chapter is really very absolute!) fascinating.

к сна of the novel is rather pretty quite disappointing,

К denouement is rather f incredibly. extremely thnlling.

Я*,».!! the adverbs are possible, is there any difference in meaning or register"''

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