12/27 Notes

‧Major Planet: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranusand, Neptune

‧基本文法字彙作文概念(三大基本股)

‧Auld Lang Syne

Rhetorical modes

a. narraton: The porpose of narrayion is to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events. This writing mode frequently uses the tools of descriptive writing. Narration is an especially useful tool for sequencing or putting details and information into some kind of logical order, usually chronological. Working with narration helps us see clear sequences separate from all other mental functions

b. description: The purpose of description is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing can be found in the other rhetorical modes.

c. exposition: Expository writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to explain, inform, or even describe. It is considered to be one of the four most common rhetorical modes.

The purpose of expository writing is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion. In narrative contexts (such as history and fiction), exposition provides background information to teach or entertain. In other nonfiction contexts (such as technical communication), the purpose is to teach and inform. 

d. argumentation: The purpose of argumentation (also called persuasive writing) is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader. Persuasive writing/Persuasion is a type of argumentation with the additional aim to urge the reader to take some form of action.

Etymology

‧mor-, mort-: dead, e.g.: mortgage, mortician, mortify

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Words of a day

‧ butt  [v.]

a.      (Of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns

e.g.: She butted him in the chest.

‧cease  [v.]

a.      Come or bring to an end

e.g.: The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed.

‧ceiling  [n.] 

a.      The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment

e.g.: The books were stacked from floor to ceiling.

‧ certificate  [v.] 

a.      Provide with or attest in an official document

e.g.: The amounts earned have to be certificated by employers.

‧civil  [adj.]

a. Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters

e.g.: The second use of the Law concerns civil matters.