第九單元 推展段落方法之二——敘述法
9.1敘述法
敘述法(narration)回答了“發(fā)生了什么”(what happened)這一問題。敘述經(jīng)常用于講述一系列事件。這種方法常用作小說(fiction)、傳記(biographs)的支配方法,也可用作其他各種文體的輔助方法。例如,軼事(anecdotes)、寓言(fables)等都是用敘述形式闡述某一觀點(diǎn)。
示范段落9-1
I was seven years old when I first became aware of the terrible power of guilt.For piling our toys into the toy box,Mother had rewarded my brother and me with five shiny pennies each.If I had ten pennies instead of just five,I could have bought a ginger bread man with raisin eyes and sugar-frosted hair.The image danced in my head all day,until,finally,I crept into my brother's room and stole his five pennies.The next morning,as my brother and I were dressing to go to school,I had all ten pennies in the pocket of my coat,cramming one of my father's handkerchiefs on top of them.As my brother and I lined up in front of Mother to be kissed goodbye,she looked at my bulging pocket with amazement.“What on earth do you have in your pocket?she asked.“It's nothing,”I said,as offhandedly as I could.“It's nothing at all.”Bewildered,but toobusy to investigate any further,Mother kissed me goodbye I ran out the door and down our gravel path as fast as my feet could carry me.But the farther from home I got,the more miserable I became.The shiny pennies in my pocket felt oppressively like one-ton boulders.And I was haunted by the idea that I had become a thief.Forgotten was the gingerbread man,for whose sake I had stolen my brother's pennies Finally,unable to bear my horrible feeling of guilt,I ran back home to blurt out my crime to my mother.
9.2示范段落分析
在上面段落中,作者在主題句中闡述了他的觀點(diǎn):I was seven years old when I first became aware of the terrible power of guilt.然后用一件軼事作為支持這一觀點(diǎn)的細(xì)節(jié),敘述發(fā)生了什么事,并說明了他的觀點(diǎn)。
9.3關(guān)于如何寫敘述段落的建議
1)只著重?cái)⑹鲇幸饬x的事件和經(jīng)歷
盡量避免日?,嵤潞蜔o聊事,只使用那些有助于闡明你的觀點(diǎn)的事件和經(jīng)歷。
2)保持始終如一的著眼點(diǎn)
不管敘述是以第一人稱或第三人稱進(jìn)行,都要盡量使語言從敘述者的著眼點(diǎn)(point of view)反映敘述者的見解和意向。
3)運(yùn)用細(xì)節(jié)
寫敘述段落時(shí)要運(yùn)用細(xì)節(jié),使人物栩栩如生,并在讀者的想象中喚起事件發(fā)生的那種環(huán)境氣氛。在描繪人物時(shí)也使用細(xì)節(jié),使人物血肉豐滿,形象生動。
4)使用時(shí)間順序
敘述幾乎總是使用時(shí)間順序法來組織細(xì)節(jié)。(第12單元將討論時(shí)間順序法)
Exercise 9-1
Directions:Write a paragraph of narration using the given topic sentence.
Not knowing a language well can sometimes be embarrassing.
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Exercise 9-2
Directions:Write a paragraph of narration,telling about one of your memorable trip.
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