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Middle Eastern Bazaar: A Descriptive Analysis

The document summarizes the structure and writing techniques used to describe a Middle Eastern bazaar. It is divided into four sections that describe the general atmosphere and then focus on specific markets for cloth, coppersmithing, and linseed oil. The type of writing is a description that appeals to the senses through sensory details of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. Key writing techniques include moving from a macro overview to micro details, using words that appeal to the senses, employing nouns and adverbs as verbs, incorporating onomatopoeia, and using stressful and impressive sentence structures.

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Middle Eastern Bazaar: A Descriptive Analysis

The document summarizes the structure and writing techniques used to describe a Middle Eastern bazaar. It is divided into four sections that describe the general atmosphere and then focus on specific markets for cloth, coppersmithing, and linseed oil. The type of writing is a description that appeals to the senses through sensory details of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. Key writing techniques include moving from a macro overview to micro details, using words that appeal to the senses, employing nouns and adverbs as verbs, incorporating onomatopoeia, and using stressful and impressive sentence structures.

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文章结构—写作技巧 页码，1/1

THE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAAR

Structural and stylistic analysis&Writing Technique

Section I: ( paras. 1, 2) General atmosphere

Topic Sentence: The Middle Eastern...takes you ...years.


ancientness, backwardness, primitiveness
harmonious, liveliness, self-sufficient, simple, not sophisticated, active,
vigorous, healthy

Section II (One of the peculiarities) the cloth market

Section III (One of the most picturesque) the coppersmith market and
etc.

Section IV (Perhaps the most unforgettable) the mill where linseed oil is
made

TYPE of Writing: Description: A description is painting a picture in words


of a person, place, object, or scene.
a description essay is generally developed through sensory details, or the
impressions of one’s senses --- sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. The
writer generally chooses those that help to bring out the dominant
characteristic or outstanding quality of the person or thing described.

1. From Macro to Micro


2. words appealing to senses: light & heat, sound & movement, and
smell & colour.
3 nouns, adjectives and even adverbs used as verbs: thread, round,
narrow, price, live, tower and dwarf.
4. words imitating sounds: onomatopoeia.
5. stressful and impressive sentence structures:
the one I am thinking of particularly…
one of the peculiarities …
one of the most picturesque and impressive parts …
the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar,…

[Link] 2008-1-22

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