ENGLISH 1119; HOW TO WRITE A GOOD ESSAY - DESCRIBING PERSON

There are several ways to help you improving your writing skill; Knowing the rules in writing, Brainstorming practices, Vocabulary, idiomatic words, adjectives etc


Here, we concentrate on AN ADJECTIVE IN WRITING AN ESSAY 

1)  Describing places

2)  Describing person

3)  Describing Incidents/events


Describing person.
- When you write an essay about a person, a good person or a bad example of person, describe details about him/her

                         =  background
                         =  personality/traits
                         =  your own feeling/opinion about the person

Brainstorming  the following topics as a practice;
1.  An interesting member of your family
2.  Describe yourself - Imagine someone special is listening to your story
3.  The person I dislike most
4.  Some interesting characters in my class
5.  Someone your fear
6.  Someone you met in a strange place
7.  My favorite singer


My selfish friend

Introduction -  General ideas/quotes

Body 1 -   What is selfish? A selfish friend? Who? Where?

Body 2 -  Background - About him/her in general
                - When you realize his/her selfishness?

Body 3 -  Short story 1 about his/her selfishness
                Short story 2 about his/her selfishness

Body 4 -  How to deal with a selfish friend?
                One is ............................................
                 Two is ..........................................

Conclusion -  Sum up all the ideas above in two/three sentences

........ PLEASE WRITE IN YOUR EXERCISE BOOK - EMAIL TO ME, I WILL READ AND CORRECT FOR YOU ..........................


Sample of selfish friends quotes;

- 'people don't care about you when you are alone, they just acknowledge you when they are alone'

- Selfish friends are fair-weather friends who turn up only when they need help. Selfish friends generally withdraw support when you are the most weak and vulnerable.

- Sometimes it is difficult to figure out a selfish friend, you just noticed heir selfishness when you have been around him for while or for a couple of times 



Imagine of a selfish friend;
- Her physical appearance ; of average height, slim, well-built, rosy face, dimpled, rosebud lips, pointed chin, petal soft skin

- Her personality ; soft-spoken, like a chirped bird, shy, clever, ................