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Unit 15

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.

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Unit 15

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  1. Unit 15 No signposts in the Sea

  2. Teaching Points • I. Background information • II. Introduction to the passage • III. Text analysis • IV. Rhetorical devices • V. Questions for discussion

  3. I. Background Information • 1. Pharisee • 2. Olympus

  4. II. Introduction to the Passage • 1.Type of literature: • -- a piece of objective description

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. IV . Rhetorical Devices • 1. transferred epithet • 2. personification • 3. simile

  9. V. Text Analysis

  10. VI . Special Difficulties • 1.paraphrasing some sentences • 2.translating some paragraphs • 3. identifying figures of speech

  11. VII . Questionsfor 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?

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