Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

English: Summary

Here's what I do for planning the summary. Separate two passages' ideas. Kayak misalnya. Yg kmrn itu, modern city life di beirut sama bangkok. Planningnya dibedain.

Beirut: apa lah
apa lah
apa lah
apa lah
advantage
disadvantage
zbzbzzbz apa aja

Bangkok: ini itu
ini itu
aaaaa
ini itu
adv
disadv


Pokoknya, poinnya lu bedain. Gw sih bikinnya 1 page gw split jadi 2, biar liatnya lebi gampang. Personal preference tapi sih.

Nah, in summary, you SUM THEM UP. self explanatory kan? Summary, summing things up.

Jadinya, kalo lu pikir 1 point ada yg similar, lu bikin tu new paragraph, terus abis itu lu compare. in beirut, shit happens suddenly, while in bangkok, shit happens indefinitely. misalnya begitu. kalo misalnya pula, ada 1 poin yg lu sure jawaban dari summary questionnya tapi nga ada poin dari sebelah, its okay, lu include abis 1 comparison. jadi misalnya lagi:

in beirut, shit happens suddenly, while in bangkok, shit happens indefinitely. in beirut, things also come into a stop.

NOTE: itu kalimat2 cuma contoh. Abis ada backing point etc, lu terusin with new paragraphs. Endingnya nga usa dibuat2 bagus, ini namanya summary, bukan composition.

Also, the most important thing: LOOK AT THE GODDAMN QUESTION. liatin dia suruh SUMMARY APAAN. kalo misal dia suruh summary cara bikin coklat tapi lu summary rasa2 coklat di seluruh dunia, well good luck la lu.

Pokoknya buat summary:

1. compare ideas from both passages

2. QUESTION. SUMMARISE APAAN DOLO.

English: Writer's Effects

Ok. Skrg writer's effects.

10 marks.

So, ideally, lu pasang 6 points for a and b kalo bisa. Kalo nga bisa, its okay, do as much as you can. Menurut gw sih ya, ini section, lu buat, PALING TERAKHIR. The marks arent worth it. 10 marks. With the same amount of time, lu bisa planning buat 25 marks di section 3. So, kalo ada waktu abis section gw, baru buru2 bikin ini.

Okey. Yg penting dalam writer's effects, lu CARI KATA2 YG DESKRIPTIF. Biasanya writer's effects itu digunakan dgn adjectives. So, find unusual descriptive words. jadi kyk kalo misalnya ini word nga ada adjectivenya, ada efek yg ilang kaga? Hanya satu contoh, soalnya writers effects (abbreviate jadi WE dari skrg) bisa beda2.

Now, kalo lu udah dapet apa yg menurut lu WE, after meaning, JANGAN STUCK SAMA MEANING. kalo misalnya as quiet as the moon. Artinya kan silent sekali, ya? Nah, effectnya jangan ngomong "writer intends to create a quiet effect". ato apa lah lu bullshit. NGA BOLEH GITU!

Stidaknya lu musti bacot ke arah lebih jauh. "The moon is void of life (nga ada keidupan), therefore the writer creates a sense of loneliness by using the simile". Get it?

Pokoknya, lu cari2 feelings di belakang itu words. Go bullshit. Pokoknya lu associate sama 1 feeling. Atau, lu pinter2. Kyk kmrn tuh, pas prelims, kan dikasitau US rattles its fangs at etc2. Negara2 yg writernya mention negara kaya minyak semua! Dan itu ttg global warming! So surely itu writers effects kan?

Pokoknya WE bnyk variasi, its just that you need to have a good mind and a good brain to associate things.

English: Directed Writing

Ok ini blog post distall ama bnyk org.

Anyway. Here goes.

English Paper 2.

Sok keren bgt ya pake bold ma diketengahin. Ok. Pokoknya.

Directed Writing

Directed writing can be tricky. The trick here is: READ. READ THE FRICKIN GODDAMN QUESTION. Seriously. Kalo lu liat disuruh bikin letter, throughout the writing process, INGET. SELALU INGET. LU TULIS SURAT. Imagine what you would write if you were writing that letter. Imagine if you are writing the letter. Misalnya lu mo nulis ke principal. BE MINDFUL OF THE LANGUAGE. jgn ngomong hey man im sorry okay i didnt mean to cheat. Ngomongnya misalnya, "Sir, I did not mean to cheat." Kalo formal letter: be polite.

Don't use contracted forms if you can (he's, she's, they're, I'm, can't, won't). Kalo bisa yg biasa. They are, she is, he is, etc.

Pokoknya directed writing: REMEMBER YOUR AUDIENCE, so, REMEMBER YOUR LANGUAGE. Sehabis itu, REMEMBER, YOU NEED TO TAKE REFERENCE FROM THE TEXT. Kalaupun textnya jelek abis, ga bisa dipake, INCLUDE. I don't care how you do it, pokoknya masukin aja, asal relevant.

Directed writing main points:

1. Language. Sense of audience. Bikin org ngerasa kalo misalnya lu disuruh tulis surat ke nyokap, it feels like a real one. Kalo misalnya disuru bikin ke temen baik, bikin kyk lu bener2 nulis ke temen baik lu.

2. Text. Inget inget musti masukin text.

3. Format. Kalo letter bikin kyk letter. Kalo speech bikin kyk org lagi ngomong speech, jgn kyk narative. Diinget karena ini jg penting.

4. COMMON SENSE. Logic. Don't put ridiculous things.