Organization of the text What type of writing is this? Description(描述文)？ Narration(叙事文)？ Exposition(说明文)？ Argumentation(议论文)？ -A descriptive narration,which relates a true story about the execution of a condemned prisoner in Burma
Organization of the text ◼ What type of writing is this? Description(描述文)? Narration(叙事文 )? Exposition(说明文)? Argumentation(议论文 )? - A descriptive narration, which relates a true story about the execution of a condemned prisoner in Burma
Organization of the text ■ Part l:paragraph1,the introductory part,presents settings of the story-where and when the story took place. Part:is from paragraph 2 to paragraph 14, which describes how a condemned prisoner was executed. Partl:is from paragraph 15 to paragraph 22,in which some thought-provoking descriptions are provided and some tragic anecdotes inserted
Organization of the text ◼ Part I: paragraph1, the introductory part, presents settings of the story — where and when the story took place. ◼ Part II: is from paragraph 2 to paragraph 14, which describes how a condemned prisoner was executed. ◼ Part III: is from paragraph 15 to paragraph 22, in which some thought-provoking descriptions are provided and some tragic anecdotes inserted
Detailed Reading Paragraph 1 Analysis The first part of the narrative story,introduces the setting and the characters of the story and briefly describes the bad living conditions of the condemned men,who lived in small cells,each of which measured about ten feet by ten and were quite bare within
Paragraph 1 Analysis The first part of the narrative story, introduces the setting and the characters of the story and briefly describes the bad living conditions of the condemned men, who lived in small cells, each of which measured about ten feet by ten and were quite bare within. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading Paragraph 1:questions 1.Where and when did the story take place? 8 The story took place in Burma on a sodden morning of the rains. 为⊙
Detailed Reading Paragraph 1: questions 1. Where and when did the story take place? The story took place in Burma on a sodden morning of the rains
Detailed Reading Paragraph 1:questions 2.Provide a general description of the condemned cells. The condemned cells,a row of sheds fronted with double bars,were like small animal cages.Each cell was about ten feet long and ten feet wide and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot for drinking water.In some of the cells brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars,with their blankets draped round them
Detailed Reading Paragraph 1: questions 2. Provide a general description of the condemned cells. The condemned cells, a row of sheds fronted with double bars, were like small animal cages. Each cell was about ten feet long and ten feet wide and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot for drinking water. In some of the cells brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars, with their blankets draped round them