Writing 2

BORING	INTERESTINC
General izing	Being specific
a latge \egetable	a tliree-<juarter-pou]Kl sweet potato
an old ship	the Marie Cclcstc i the Titanic
opinions	lacts. obsenations. quotations
No ‘picture’	Descriptice detałls
a glass of winę	a long-stemmed glass of aromatie.
	golden Muscatel
Duli, unob&ercant eocabulary	Precise teords
look	gazę. glance, stare, glare, peep
ask	beg, implore. request, demand, imite
Repetition	Variation
car . . . car . . . car . . . car . . .	car . . . Ford . . . eehicle . . . car . . .
as well ... as well ... as well . . .	as well . . . also . . . What is morę, . . .
Being predicłable	Surprising the reader
There are five reasons why I łike . . .'	starting with something s tri king’
stating the obvious; ‘reeeieed' opinions	original thinking and obsewation
The fifth reason I like it is . . .’	sa\ing something for the end*
Always talking about yourself	Always thinking about your
	readers, and how to interest them
’ the openings and closings of magazine artides	are praetised on pages 124-127.

Descriptive language

C Read the following passage. What is wrong with it?

We went down the rough track towards the jungle until we reached the river that went a cross the road. We parked in the shade of some rubbertrees and got out We went across the river, which s fortunately was nottoo deep, and then, as we were in no hurry, wentthrough the rice fieids on the other side towards the forest. The path that wentthrough the trees was entirely overgrown, so we went along it with considerabie difficulty. It io was nearly mid-afternoon when we finatly went out of the thick undergrowth and went to the bottom of the mountain. Although we were all by now feeling exhausted, we went up the steep slope and went to the rendezvous point just as the 15 sun was going down.

D Rewrite the passage, trying to incłude the following verbs. You may also need to make a number of other smali changes, for example, to prepositions.

arrive damber cut drive emerge lead reach wadę walk hack one s way