Advanced English
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English Department R-516
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Unit 15
No signposts in the Sea
Teaching Points
? I,Background information
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions for discussion
I,Background Information
? 1,Pharisee
? 2,Olympus
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1.Type of literature:
? -- a piece of objective description
Introduction to the Passage
? 2.The purpose of a piece of objective
description,
? ---to record and reproduce a true
picture with opinions and emotions of
the author excluded
Introduction to the Passage
? 3,Ways of developing a piece of
objective description,
? ---to begin with a brief general
picture,divide the object into parts and
organize the detailed description in
order of space
III, Effective Writing Skills
? 1,making effective use of specific verbs
? 2,using adjectives accurately
? 3,using five human senses---hearing,
smelling,seeing,tasting and touching
to make the description vivid
? 4.using rhetorical devices properly
IV, Rhetorical Devices
? 1,transferred epithet
? 2,personification
? 3,simile
V,Text Analysis
VI, Special Difficulties
? 1,paraphrasing some sentences
? 2,translating some paragraphs
? 3,identifying figures of speech
VII, Questions for Discussion
? 1,What pleasure does Edmund Carr get
by observing Laura without her knowing
it?
? 2,Does Carr appreciate natural beauty?
? 3,Why does Carr like islands?
? 4,What kind of coastline does he like?
VIII,Exercises
? P.