WRITING III

6
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CLASS : MODULE 6
NARRATIVE 2
Ai Melani, S.Si, M.Sc., P.hD
Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan
ai2345@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVES
You are able to
Develop stories from news headlines
Write narrative poems
Produce imaginative stories
1 NEWS HEADLINES
Grammar: Stative Passive
News headlines must be written interestingly.
A news headline must be able to tell the story in a
very short sentence, but it should trigger the
readers to read it.
EXAMPLES
Five students killed in a train crash
GAM kills an Indonesian Army
Megawati to Russia
Model for Developing Stories from News Headlines
GRAMMAR: STATIVE PASSIVE
Stative passive forms are used to describe an existing situation or state.
Characteristics:
2 NARRATIVE POEMS
Grammar: Contractions
A poem that tells something.
A poem uses very limited
words.
Imagery
Figurativ
e
language
Conno-
tation
Deno-
tation
NARRATIVE
POEMS
SAMPLE FOR Narrative Poem:
GRAMMAR: Contractions
3 IMAGINATIVE STORIES
Grammar: Conditional Sentences
IMAGINATIVE
STORIES
Imagi-
nation
Paradox
of the
existing
situation
You may
write
impossi-
ble
things
Make it
nice to
read
GRAMMAR: Conditional Sentences
A conditional sentence generally consists
of an if-clause (which presents a
condition) and a result clause. TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PRESENT OR
FUTURE
UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PAST
WRITING 3
MODUL 7 COMPARATIVE

Sherlia Spring 2014
A Comparison Essay
A Contrast Essay
An essay in which you emphasize the
similarities.
An essay in which you emphasize the
differences.
COMPARATIVE
1. First compare, then contrast (or vice
versa)
2. First do one idea, then do the other
3. Write only about the comparable and
contrastable elements of each idea
4. Only compare or only contrast
OBJECTIVES
You are able to
Write essays on comparing things
Write essays on choices
Write essays on giving advice
1 COMPARISONS
Grammar: COMPARING THINGS
COMPARING THINGS
Block arrangement style
Point-by-point or alternating
arrangement style
GRAMMAR: Comparing Things
A. Comparative Adjectives
Adjectives modify, or describe, other
words such as nouns and pronouns
and answer the questions: which?, how
many?, and what kind?
Examples
Adverbs modify, or describe, other
words such as verbs, adjectives, and
other adverbs. They answer the
questions: how?, when?, and where?,
and to what extent?
B. Comparative Adverbs
Examples
2 CHOICES
Grammar: Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result)
WRITING
CHOICES
Grammar: Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result)
3 ADVICE
Grammar: Showing Direct Contrast
WRITING
ADVICE
You will learn how to respond problem by writing advice.
Grammar: Showing Direct Contrast: While and
Whereas