ENGLI SH-WRI TI NG 1

Chapter 2
Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan
2014
Maulida Mazaya
OBJECTIVES
Kompetensi Umum :
Mahasiswa diharapkan mampu mendeskripsikan sesuatu dalam Bahasa
Inggris secara tertulis

Kompetensi Khusus :
Mahasiswa diharapkan mampu mendeskripsikan tempat tinggal dan
menunjukkan arah serta mendeskripsikan kegiatan dalam Bahasa Inggris
secara tertulis.

TYPE OF QUESTION
What
Hal/benda
When
Waktu
Where
Tempat
Which
Pilihan
Why
Alasan
Who
Orang
(subyek/obyek)

Whom
Orang (obyek)
Whose
Kepemilikan
How
Cara
How many
Jumlah (dapat
dihitung)
How much
Jumlah (tak dapat
dihitung)
W
&
H
?
WHY DO YOU LEARN ENGLISH?
YES AND NO QUESTION FORMS
TENSES
Simple Present
Are you Okay?
Does he like Orange?
Simple Past
Was it difficult?
Did you pass the exam?
Present Progressive
Are they fighting each other?
Future
Shall we call a cab?
Present Perfect
Have you finished your homework?
Simple present with be
Menyatakan kebenaran umum
(general truth).
The fire is hot.
Kebiasaan yang masih dilakukan.
I am always hungry at 9.

(+) We are Indonesian.
(-) We are not Indonesian.
(?) Are we Indonesian?
PREPOSI TI ON OF
PLACES
WRITING THE PARAGRAPHS
Three major structural parts:
A topic sentence
Supporting sentences
A concluding sentence

Additional parts:
Unity
Coherence

Superstitions affect several aspects of my life. First of all, I have a lot of
superstitions about school, especially tests. For example, I always wear
the pearl necklace that my grandmother gave me when I have to take a
test. I think it brings me good luck, and I am afraid that I will do poorly if I
forget to wear it. When I get to school, I always find a seat right in the
middle of the room, sit down, and then switch my watch to my right wrist
before the test begins. In addition, I am very superstitious about traveling.
I will never start a trip on a Friday because I am sure it will bring me bad
luck. When I have to stay in a hotel, I refuse to sleep in a room on the
13th floor. For me, 13 is an unlucky number. In addition, I always wear
something green, my lucky color, on the first day of a trip. Finally, like
many other athletes, I am especially superstitious when it comes to my
sport, tennis. When I dress for a match, I always wear the same white T-
shirt with my initials on it. I also use the same shoelaces in my sneakers
that I have had since I first started playing tennis. As soon as I buy a new
pair of sneakers, the first thing I do is replace the laces with my lucky
ones. I am also superstitious about my breakfast on the day of a match. I
always eat the same thing: eggs and a muffin. All in all, I am superstitious
about many aspects of my life.
Topic
Sentence






Supporting
Sentence






Concluding
Sentence
TOPIC SENTENCE
A topic sentence has two essential parts: the topic and
the controlling idea.

The topic names the subject or main idea of the
paragraph.

The controlling idea makes a specific comment about the
topic, which indicates what the rest of the paragraph will
say about the topic.

STATE YOUR POI NT I N A TOPI C SENTENCE
A good topic
sentence
States the topic
of the
paragraph
Identifies the
focus
COHERENCE
The relations between sentences must be clear
and easy to be read and understood
Consist of:
1. Transition Signals
2. Logical Order
a. Chorological Order
b. Order of Importance


Use this method when you are telling a
story, describing what happened, giving
instructions, or explaining a process.
Time Order
Use this method when you are
describing what something looks like.
Spatial Order
Use this method to organize ideas,
examples, and reasons for emphasis.
You C:in order them in various ways; for
example, from least to most important,
from general to specific, from most to
least familiar, or from simplest to most
complex (or the reverse of all of these).
Order of
Importance
TRANSITIONS
Transitions are
signals that show
the connection
between one idea
and the next
Transition Signals That Indicate Time Relationships
After Eventually Next
As Ever since Recently
As soon as Every year Since
At last Finally Soon afterward
At this point First The next day (week,month,year)
Before From then on Then
By the time In between Today
During Later while
Earlier Meanwhile
Transition Signals That Indicate Spatial
Relationships
Above Beside Near
Across Between Next to
At the centre In back of To the left
Behind In front of To the right
Below
Transition Signals That List Additional Ideas
Also Furthermore Next
Another reason In addition One reason
Besides Last Second
Finally Last but not least The most important reason
First Moreover The third reason
First of all Most importantly
Transition Signals That Give Examples
As an illustration For instance Such as
Especially specifically To illustrate
For example
TYPES OF PARAGRAPH
1. Descriptive paragraph
2. Expository paragraph
3. Narrative paragraph
4. Persuasive paragraph

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH
Descriptive paragraph is writing that vividly describes a person,
place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the
topic and feel like they are part of the experience.

The characteristics are:
1. elaborate use of sensory details.
2. details which go beyond the general.
3. details which enable the reader to picture or relive what the
writer is telling.

Examples:
1. a descriptive introduction of a character in a narrative
EXPOSITORY PARAGRAPH
Expository writing is writing used to give information such as an
explanation or directions. It seeks to inform, explain, clarify, define or
instruct.

Examples:
1. letters 7. newspaper articles
2. newsletters 8. magazine articles
3. definitions 9. how-to writing
4. instructions 10. pamphlets
5. guidebooks 11. reports
6. catalogues 12. research papers

NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH
Narrative writing is writing used to tell a story of an
experience, event, or sequence of events while holding the
reader's interest.

The characteristics are:
1. written in first or third-person
2. characters, setting, plot
3. may include some dialogue
4. vents organized in chronological sequence (although
flashbacks may be used)

PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH
Persuasive writing gives an opinion in an attempt to
convince the reader that this point of view is valid or
tries to persuade the reader to take a specific action.

Examples:
1. editor 5. award nominations
2. editorials 6. pamphlets
3. advertisements 7. petitions
4. advice columns 8. opinion writing

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