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TOPIC 33.DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS - Coggle Diagram
TOPIC 33.DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS
1.Text definition & general features
Represents people, objects, actions or events.
Common in narratives in the setting.
Bassols & Torrents.
Traits:
-organization in a hierarchy.
-lack of temporal references
-lack of casualty.
a keyword& core elements to which other predicates refer to
.- a selection of words which become other core elements of new predicates.
lexical accumulation in a structured way
Different genres or formats
: portraits, advertising, tourist guides, catalogues, brochures, literature..
2.Structure & sequence.
The progression of these texts is determined by:
3.
Put in relation to.
the external environment & to other objects by situation or association.
4.
Thematization
. how it progresses.Any element become a new title-theme.
2.
Aspectualization
Description by a division of its components by 1-enumerating its part 2-properties or 2.
1.
Anchorage
: the starting point.Title or theme(usually)
With affection
: not making the object of the descrip. explicit unitl the end building up suspense (riddle)
Reformulation
.giving diff. names(reformulation) to the same described object.
3.Special description
1.
The portrait
Aspectualization
: includes
physical or moral features
but also done by relating to its environment...
-focuses on a real or unreal animate being.
-present in informative or opinion essays in media INTERVIEWS or FEATURE or an ARTICLE.
-Identifying the charac., obtaining a descript. clear enough to recognise or imagine the character.
2.
Description of actions
confused with narrations since uses verbs such as do & the axctions are in chronological order.
3 Different according to their aim
1.
Portray a character
by means of his/her behaviour.
2.
A situation
by describing actions by diff. actors which are elements or parts of this situation.
3.
Portray an action
by explaining diff. steps which are part ofit. A cooking recipe
4.Grammar structures & elements
Subject + to be (in durative tense)
Adv. of place
stative or "appear" verbs
: to be, to seem, to have in present or past.
Affirm. form
more common
Adj.
work as expansion in the process of aspectualization
adv. of degree or manner
: almost, enough, just, totally, partially...
Like & as
used to do comparirons and &
nor & also, but
are very used.
**5.Pragmatic features
.
**Bassols & Torrent
purpose & addressee determine the selec. of the elements that'll appear :
Objective:
a true reproduction of the objects's appearance
Impressionistic
- seeks to provoke emotions.
purpose & addressee
: precise or generic descrip, complement of a narration, if the add. is expected to have pevious knowledge...