Words and word combinations suggested for reproducing dialogues in narrative form.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 468.

Share your impressions.

Formulate the main idea (message) conveyed by the author.

Characterize the author's style.

-The author's style seems to be formal \ informal \ colloquial \ chatty \ personal . It is revealed through arrangement of ideas \ choice of vocabulary \ sentence structure.

7. Define the prevailing mood of the story.

-The prevailing mood is lyrical \ dramatic \ tragic \ optimistic/pessimistic \ melodramatic \ sentimental \ emotional / unemotional \ pathetic \ dry and matter-of-fact \ gloomy \ bitter \ sarcastic \ cheerful.

-The author wrote the story to show the readers.. \ make the readers think about …

-The message is given directly through the words of…

-The author doesn't set forth the message explicitly but it becomes obvious through…

-I find the story gripping \ touching \ moving \ original \ philosophical \ thought-provoking \ entertaining \ rather complicated \ confusing \ a bit boring \ understandable \ easy to read \ worth reading.

- The author raises a very acute problem in the story as I personally think that…

- I sympathize \ understand \ can't agree with the author \ the main character as….

• to think that
• to believe that
• to wonder why (when, how, where)
• to understand
• to point out
• to admit
• to persist
• to doubt
• to stress
• to confirm
• to insist
• to reassure
• to suggest
• to wish
• to know
• to reject
• to assure
• to expect that
• to reproach
• to deny
• to consider (regard)
• to suppose that
• to urge
• to be certain that
• to object to