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ESSAY WRITING MAJOR DISCOURSE FOR TENTH CLASS ENGLISH TS

 ESSAY WRITING  MAJOR DISCOURSE

ESSAY WRITING

An essay is a short piece of writing that discusses, describes or analyses a topic. It can discuss a subject directly or indirectly, seriously or humorously. It can describe personal opinions, or just report information. An essay can be written from any perspective, but are most commonly written in the first person (I), or third person (subjects that can be substituted with the he, she, it, or they pronouns). There are many different kinds of essays. The following are some of the most common ones:

Expository

The function of the expository essay is to explain something to the reader by giving directions or instructions, or to acquaint your reader with knowledge about how to complete a task or how something is done. You are demonstrating your own knowledge and explaining with facts, not your opinion. It is very important that your tone be reasonable and that your presentation be factual and believable.

Compare and Contrast

The essay could be an unbiased discussion, or an attempt to convince the reader of the benefits of one thing, person, or concept. It could also be written simply to entertain the reader, or to arrive at an insight into human nature. The essay could discuss both similarities and differences, or it could just focus on one or the other. A comparison essay usually discusses the similarities between two things, while the contrast essay discusses the differences.

Cause and Effect

The cause/effect essay explains why or how some event happened, and what resulted from the event. This essay is a study of the relationship between two or more events or experiences. The essay could discuss both causes and effects, or it could simply address one or the other. A cause essay usually discusses the reasons why something happened. An effect essay discusses what happens after a specific event or circumstance. Sources are often required in a cause/effect paper, and your choice of these sources is important as they reflect on the validity of your argument.

Argumentative (Persuasive)

An argumentative essay is one that attempts to persuade the reader to the writer’s point of view. The writer can either be serious or funny, but always tries to convince the reader of the validity of his or her opinion. The essay may argue openly, or it may attempt to subtly persuade the reader by using irony or sarcasm. Your approach is to take a stand on an issue and use evidence to back up your stance, not to explore an unresolved topic.

You must choose a side, make a case for it, consider and refute alternative arguments, and prove to the undecided reader that the opinion it presents is the best one. You must be aware of other sides and be fair to them; dismissing them completely will weaken your own argument. It is best to take a side that you believe in, preferably with the most supporting evidence. It can often be educational to adopt a different position from what you might normally choose (debating requires this kind of flexibility).

Informal

Written mainly for enjoyment. This is not to say that it cannot be informative or persuasive; however, it is less a formal statement than a relaxed expression of opinion, observation, humour or pleasure. A good informal essay has a relaxed style but retains a strong structure, though that structure may be less rigid than in a formal paper.

The informal essay tends to be more personal than the formal, even though both may express subjective opinions. In a formal essay the writer is a silent presence behind the words, while in an informal essay the writer is speaking directly to the reader in a conversational style. If you are writing informally, try to maintain a sense of your own personality. Do not worry about sounding

academic, but avoid sloppiness.

Critical Review

This type of essay can be either formal or informal, depending on the context. Its goal is to evaluate a work such as an article or book. Your personal, informed, opinion plays a significant role in the process. However, a certain objective standard needs to be maintained and, as in an argumentative essay, your assertions need to be proved.

The formality of the review will be determined by how much of the essay is analysis, how much is summary and how much is your reaction to the work you are reviewing. A more formal review will not only discuss the work on its own merits but also place it in  context. Newspapers and popular magazines often review in terms of finance: is this CD or film worth spending your money on? Critical journals will attempt to determine whether a new novel or play has achieved something new and significant. A good review will discuss both the qualities and the importance of a given work.

Research (Analytical)

The research essay leads you into the works of others and asks you to compare their thoughts with your own. Writing a research paper involves going to source material  and synthesizing what you learn from it with your own ideas. You must find texts on the subject and use them to support the topic you have been given to explore. Because it is easy to become lost in a wilderness of source material, you must take particular care to narrow your topic. A research paper should demonstrate what you have learned, but it should also show that you have a perspective of your own on the subject.

The greatest danger inherent in the research essay is plagiarism. If your paper consists of a string of quotations or paraphrases with little input of your own, you are not synthesizing but copying, and you should expect a low grade. If any of the borrowings are unacknowledged, you are plagiarizing, and the penalties can be severe.

Literary

In the literary essay, you are exploring the meaning and construction of a piece of literature. This task is more complicated than reviewing, though the two are similarly evaluative. In a review you are discussing the overall effect and validity of written work, while in a literary essay you are paying more attention to specifics. A literary essay focuses on such elements as structure, character, theme, style, tone and subtext. You are taking a piece of writing and trying to discover how and why it is put together the way it is. You must adopt a viewpoint on the work in question and show how the details of the work support your viewpoint.

A literary essay may be your own interpretation, based only on your reading of the piece, or it may be a mixture of your opinions and references to the criticism of others, much like a research paper. Again, be wary of plagiarism and of letting the opinions and ‘voices’ of more experienced writers swamp your own response to the work. If you are going to consult the critics, you should reread the literary work you are discussing and make some notes on it based on your own viewpoint before looking at any criticism.

THE FEATURES OF AN ESSAY

• Title (sometimes followed by an introduction)

• Thesis statement, body and conclusion

• Appropriate paragraphing with main ideas

• Supporting details and examples

• Organization of ideas

• Maintaining coherence - using cohesive devices (such as pronouns, linkers)

• Presenting ideas without digression.


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CHOREOGRAPHY SCRIPT ANOTHER WOMAN

CHOREOGRAPHY SCRIPT

Choreography basically is a dance form through which the performer / performers bring out certain themes. As a performance art it shares some of the features of a drama but is distinct from it as there will not be dialogues and props. We are using choreography as a pedagogical tool for facilitating language acquisition and also to help the learners develop deeper understanding of the poem. At the higher level we use it also for critical appreciation of the poem.

 

As a written discourse, the choreography script will have the following features:

• identification of the main theme and stanza wise themes.
• identifying manifestation of the theme as instances / events taken from real life
• identifying the characters involved in the events and their actions
• creating the setting through the actions of the chorus
• sequencing the actions
• maintaining proper layout of the script
• using appropriate expressions for capturing the actions and movements of the characters and the chorus.

See the choreography script of the first stanza of the poem, Änother Woman” taken from Class 10 Textbook.

 

1. Name of the poem: Another Woman

2. The theme/ themes of the first stanza
    (This morning she bought green ‘methi’ in the market ... and cooked the whole thing in the pot over the stove, shielding her face from the heat) The hardships of a woman as a homemaker. The uncordial relationship between the woman and her mother-in-law

3. Instances of the theme
   
   A woman does all household work, goes to market and buys vegetables, returns home, starts cooking Her mother – in law scolds her for no obvious reasons

4. Locations 

• the interior of a house
• the market
• the kitchen 
•  
• Characters involved
  
• The woman ( the protagonist)
• Her mother – in law
• The chorus for setting the location
• The vegetable vendors
• Two or three people
• 6 to 8 performers to set the different locations

6. Sequence of actions

Scene 1:  The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way that a visual effect of a house is created.

• The woman mops the floor
• The mother-in law comes from indoors and scolds the woman
• The mother –in law commands the woman to go out
• The woman goes out
• All performers exit the stage

Scene 2: The chorus enters and creates the setting of a market

• Two vegetable vendors sit on the ground and selling vegetables
• One person buy vegetables
• Two or three people enter the market and exit
• The woman enters
• She chooses vegetables and bargains with the vendor
• She collects vegetables and exit
• All performers exit

Scene 3: The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way that a visual effect of a house is created.

• The woman enters from outside
• The mother-in law comes from indoors and scolds the woman for being late
• The mother –in law commands the woman to cook fast
• She keeps the pot on the stove
• The woman cuts vegetables
• The mother-in law comes near and scolds the woman
• All performers exit the stage

CONVERSATION MAJOR DISCOURSE

CONVERSATION.

For Tenth English / 10th class English paper 1.

 

TODAY WE WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW TO WRITE  A 

CONVERSATION. 

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                                     CONVERSATION:

It is a real communication in general. It generally appears as a part of other discourses like stories, dramas, novels etc. But many a time it is a casual talk on something among two or more persons or characters. It must be developed by using polite way of speaking. And sometimes impoliteness is excusable when the situation demands but should not be too rude or fresh in nature. Conversations should be usually developed in three stages.

1. Introduction

2. Actual conversation or topic

3. Leave taking

Introduction:

Introduction is the initiation for a new conversation. One should start with greeting each

other is a formal thing.

Useful phrases:

1. Hello or Hi or Good morning or Excuse me etc.

2. How are you?

3. How about you?

4. How do you do?

5. What have you been up to?

6. It's been long time since we met how are you man?

7. I'm fine thank you, how are you?

8. I'm OK and you?

9. Hey, ……… it's good to see you, what are you doing here?

10. What a pleasant surprise?

11. It's pleasure to meet.

12. It's really  happy to me to be with you again.

13. Meet my  friend …………………

14. Pardon me! etc.

                                        Example : 

Asking for directions

Srujana:  Hi Shivani      

. Shivani: Hi Srujana.

“srujana: It’s long since we met. How are you?

 “shivani: I’m fine thank you. What about you?

Srujana: I feel better. Thank you. Could you mind giving me some piece of information?

“shivani: It’s my pleasure, if I could. Tell me how can I help you?

“srujana: I’m looking for the new bus-stop. Can you tell me how to get there?

“shivani: Not certainly. But once I’ve gone through the way. Let me recall it.  Yeah! I got it.

Srujana: Tell me.

“shivani: It’s a long way to new bus-stop I think. Do you know the old one?

Srujana: Yes. Of course.

“shivani: Then it’s easy to find the new one. Just go the old bus-stop. Walk a while on the Warangal high way until you reach a traffic signal corner.

Srujana: Aaaaa! And then?

“shivani: Won’t you wait until I tell you?

Srujana: I beg your pardon.

“shivani: It’s OK. Then take a left turn and go till you reach the Diamond ‘estaurant. There you have

To take another turn to the immediate right. That’s all you could see the board of the new bus-stop.

Srujana: Thank you very much.

Shivani: You are welcome. Where are you going to?

“srujana: It’s my grandparent’s home town Koratla.

Shivani: When do you come back?

Srujana: Soon after I met my grandpa, I just return to home in the evening. Shivani: Oho!

“srujana: I’ve to leave quickly otherwise it’d be late for me to return. Will meet you again, bye…

Shivani: Bye. Have a nice journey.

      srujana: Thank you. Bye…

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DISCOURSE NARRATIVE / STORY WRITING EXPLANATION IN DETAIL WITH EXAMPLE.10TH CLASS ENGLISH STUDY MATERIAL TELANGANA TS SSC

  Assessment Indicators for Creative Writing  Discourses

                                      Major discourses      

                                            Group A

                                                             Narrative/ story

1.Containing asequence of events and dialogues

2.Evoking sensory perceptions and images

3.Evoking emotions

4.Writing about setting and other details

5.Using characterization 

6.Maintaining coherence

7.Reflecting point of view

8.Using well-formed constructions

9.Maintaining conventions of writing–spelling

10.Using proper punctuation's.

Note:All indicators carry one mark each.


Explanation of  Narrative / story writing 


Format:

Introduction of characters:

 It is done through dialogues or narration.
Plot: Description of an event/accident/incidenti.e., what is going to happen.

Climax:  This is the end of the story must be most interesting and unpredictable.

Theme:  What is the message or theme the writer is trying to communicate with the story or

narrative.

Steps:

 Set the context
 Introduce characters
 Develop plot(s)
 Reach climax

 End the story

Useful phrases:

1.  'once up on a time....'
2.  'It happened so ......'
3.   'long, long ago ....'

                                          EXAMPLE 

E.g. 1.  Write a story or a narrative using the hints given under.

Hints: Two cats – quarrelling for a cake – went to a monkey – broke cake into two pieces –
not equal – monkey – bites larger piece – It becomes small – bites another piece – ate piece
by piece completely – cats go away disappointed.



                              FOOLS LOSE EVER

Once upon a time there lived two foolish cats. Once they found a cake, which is
round and hot. They started quarrelling for the cake. They failed to share it equally. So they
went to a monkey to get the matter settled.
The monkey was very clever and it wished to have the cake by making the two cats
fool. It wanted to eat the whole cake. It intentionally divided the cake into two unequal
parts. It bit the larger piece. It became very small. Then it bit the other piece saying that it
was large. It happened many times.
The monkey ate all the cake piece by piece. Nothing of the cake was left for the cats.

They became sad and went away disappointed.


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