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The Different Author's Purposes in Writing
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Author's Purpose and & Style in Writing MELC : ( EN9RC-IVf-2.22 ) Judge the relevance and worth of ideas, soundness of author’s reasoning, and the effectiveness of the presentation English 9 Subject Teacher: SHARA MAE N. RICAFRENTE
I. INITIAL ACTIVITY
Ii. READING ACTIVITY For Conversation, Press #1
FOR CONVERSATION, PRESS #1 By Michael Alvear (1) A funny thing happened in the way to communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. (2) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and–poof!---I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget designed to make communication easier . (3) The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact . Next
(4) The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent . (5) Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank, you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine . (6) As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. (7) I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t an option---they’re great for what they’re intended to do. It’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe. Next Prev.
(8) So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m home. Readers Digest, pp. 143-145, July 2000 Next Prev.
Answer the follow-up questions. What is the author’s stand regarding the use of gadgets? What are the evidences in the selection that support this claim? What is the author’s purpose for writing the selection? Do you and the author have the same stand regarding the use of gadget? Tone refers to the speaker’s attitude or feeling toward the subject. What is the tone of the selection? Clue: tone and mood are described through the use of adjectives . What words/phrases/evidences are in the selection that helped you identify the tone? (Before this process question, a word search can also be performed ) Go to this link for the assessment: https:// forms.gle/x5G53MhM32RWmRwS6 Prev.
FOUR BASIC TECHNIQUES OR STYLES USED IN WRITING Author’s purpose
Author’s purpose When writing something, the writer or author should know the purpose why he or she writes such piece of written work. Key Points: Usually explains something in a process Is often equipped with facts and figures Is usually written in a logical order and sequence Language is precise, specific, straightforward
1. EXPOSITORY STYLE This is a subject-oriented writing style because the authors focus on telling you about a given topic or subject without voicing their personal opinions. The main focus of this writing style is to explain . Expository writing style furnishes you with relevant facts and figures but do not include opinions. Key Points: Usually explains something in a process Is often equipped with facts and figures Is usually written in a logical order and sequence Language is precise, specific, straightforward
1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in TEXTBOOK WRITING INFORMATIONAL BOOKS
1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in NEWS ARTICLES INSTRUCTION MANUALS
1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in “HOW TO” ARTICLES RECIPES
2 . DESCRIPTIVE STYLE This writing style focuses on communicating the details of a character, event, or place. Its main purpose is to describe (can be applied to other purposes: to entertain, to inform, to persuade ) It can be poetic when the author takes time to be very specific in his or her descriptions. Usually the descriptions incorporate sensory details . Key Points: Is often poetic in nature Describes places, people, events, situations, or locations in a highly-detailed manner The author visualizes what he/she sees, hears, tastes, smells, and feels
2. DESCRIPTIVE STYLE is applied in POETRY JOURNAL OR DIARY WRITING
2. DESCRIPTIVE STYLE is applied in NATURE WRITING PASSAGES IN FICTION
3 . PERSUASIVE STYLE This writing style tries to bring other people around to the author’s point of view. Its main purpose is to persuade or convince . Unlike expository writing, persuasive writing contains the opinions and biases of the author. To convince others to agree with the author’s point of view, it contains justifications and reasons . Key Points: Is equipped with reasons, arguments, and justifications The author takes a stand and asks the readers to agree with his/her point of view Often asks for readers to do something about the situation
3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in OPINION/EDITORIAL PIECES ADVERTISEMENTS
3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in REVIEWS (BOOKS, MUSIC, MOVIE, ETC.) LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in LETTER OF COMPLAINT COVER LETTERS
4. NARRATIVE STYLE This main purpose is to tell a story . The author will create different characters and tell you what happens to them through dialogues and narration (sometimes the author writes from the point of view of one of the characters – this is known as the first person POV). Simply, narrative writing answers the question: “ What happened then ?” Key Points: A person tells a story or event Has characters and dialogue Has definite and logical beginnings, intervals, and endings Often has situations like actions, motivational events, and disputes or conflicts with their eventual solutions
4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in POETRY NOVELS/NOVELLAS
4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in SHORT STORIES ANECDOTES
4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/BIOGRAPHIES ORAL HISTORIES (INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS)
4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in SHORT STORIES ANECDOTES