Friday, September 14, 2012

Terms Quiz Today

We will read and take notes from Chapter 3 of The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers (p. 47)

Notes:

p. 49 Techniques for Writing about Observations

Words to know:

objectivity (objective)
subjectivity (subjective)

Writing Exercise:  Description

5 minutes:  Write an objective description of a pencil.

5 minutes:  Write a subjective description of a pencil.

Here are some links you can follow with some examples of objective, subjective, and figurative descriptions:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~davink/NARRATIVE/Narr1.4.html

http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2005/pdf/profile-exercise2.pdf