《现代大学英语》精读2 Unit 3 Text A The Rite of Spring Text Analysis and Appreciation Objectives You will learn to identify elements of a descriptive essay appreciate the language of the essay About the Title The Rite of Spring Rite: a ceremony performed by a particular group of people, often for religious purposes. (Oxford Learner's Dictionaries) About the Title Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) •Russian musician •One of the greatest composers of the 20th century •Ballet The Rite of Spring (1913) •Revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design Logo About the Title The Rite of Spring The author means to dedicate this essay to the coming spring. Logo Descriptive Essay gives a detailed description of the topic paints a picture with words in the reader’s mind Descriptive Essay 1 Sensory Details 2 Figurative Language 3 Precise Language 4 Central Theme 5 Organized Structure 受喜爱的领导人 成为 Descriptive Essays Sensory Details Sensory details involve arousing the emotions of the readers and creating an association with them. Sensory Details Descriptive Essays Sensory Details Para 1: I'd much rather eat something juicy and fat. Like hot dogs. (taste) Para 2: But inevitably a morning arrives when, just Sensory Details as I am awakening, a scent wafts through the window, something like earth-as-air, a scent that seems to come up from the very center of this planet. (smell) Descriptive Essays Sensory Details Para 2: The birds begin screaming hysterically. (sound) Para 2: The sun means business, suddenly, and has a different, deeper yellow in its beams on the Sensory Details carpet. (sight) Para 9: There are few sights quite as beautiful as a vegetable garden glistening in the sun, all dewy and glittering with a dozen shades of green at seven in the morning.(sight) Descriptive Essays Figurative Language The use of figures of speech and other literary devices creates the character sketch of the subject. Sensory Details Descriptive Essays Figurative Language Irony conceals or contradicts its really meaning , typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Sensory Details Para. 1 I'd much rather eat something juicy and fat. Like hot dogs. Para. 2 Now, if you could raise hot dogs outside your window, you'd really have something you could justify without a second hesitation. Descriptive Essays Figurative Language Para. 7 This is when my wife becomes —opening now—mistress of the garden… selecting which plant shall live and which she will cast aside. The whole Paragraph 8 Descriptive Essays Figurative Language Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Sensory Details Para 2: And the sun means business… Para 2: The birds begin screaming hysterically, thinking what I am thinking--the worms are deliciously worming their way through the melting soil. Descriptive Essays Figurative Language Para. 6. As with beans and cucumbers, your children--as it were, begin to turn upon you in massive numbers, growing more and more each morning and threatening to followSensory you into Detailsthe house to strangle you in their vines. (personification) Descriptive Essays Precise Language Writing descriptively involves choosing your words carefully. The effect of your essay depends on the type of language that you have used in it. Clearer Less Clearer Sensory Details General Vague Ambiguous Conceptual New Terms Clear Exact Specific Concrete Descriptive Essays Central Theme The central theme shapes and directs the essay’s content and helps organize the details. It should be well defined and focused on a single point. Sensory Details Descriptive Essays Organized Structure Organized structure is an essential element of this essay. Also, the chronology, spatial location, and order play an important role. Sensory Details Five Basic Elements of a Descriptive Essay Sensory Details Figurative Language Precise Language Central Theme Organized Structure Assignment Write down your own experience and feelings of gardening in a descriptive way. Use at least two figures of speech in your essay. >200 words Logo