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Reflective Summary M2 LA1

This document contains responses to questions about learning activity 1, how to write a descriptive text, and whether an outline helps with writing a descriptive text. For the first question, the respondent lists what was learned from the activity, including how to analyze descriptive texts and construct their own. For the second question, the respondent provides a detailed, multi-part answer outlining the steps to take when writing a descriptive text, from choosing a topic to incorporating sensory details. For the third question, the respondent indicates that an outline does empirically help with writing a descriptive text by helping to organize ideas and ensure the essay flows well.

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Reflective Summary M2 LA1

This document contains responses to questions about learning activity 1, how to write a descriptive text, and whether an outline helps with writing a descriptive text. For the first question, the respondent lists what was learned from the activity, including how to analyze descriptive texts and construct their own. For the second question, the respondent provides a detailed, multi-part answer outlining the steps to take when writing a descriptive text, from choosing a topic to incorporating sensory details. For the third question, the respondent indicates that an outline does empirically help with writing a descriptive text by helping to organize ideas and ensure the essay flows well.

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Tugas Modul : Reflective Summary M2 LA1

Nama : Hilda Hosfia, S.Hum


Sekolah : SMPN 32 Kab. Tebo

a. What have you learnt from Learning Activity 1?


b. What do you need to do when you are expected to write a descriptive text?
c. Does an outline empirically help you write a descriptive text? What does your experience
tell you about it?

ANSWER:

a. I have learnt all the materials in this activity, such as how to get detailed information of
the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text structures, and
lexico-grammatical features; To make inferences of the descriptive texts with contextually
different social functions, text structures, and lexicogrammatical features; To evaluate the
descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text structures, and lexico-
grammatical features; To construct the descriptive texts with contextually different social
functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features.

b. What I need to do when I am expected to write a descriptive text are:


Part 1: Preparing to Write
1. Figure out what you want to describe. Before you begin your paragraph, you have
to pinpoint what you want to describe. Think especially about the function of your
description — the messages or ideas that you want your reader to take away from
your description.
2. Identify the parts of your description that are the most meaningful.
Descriptions can also convey a message or feeling about the thing you are trying to
describe. Descriptions of places or objects that are meaningful to you or to a
character in your story are likely to be more powerful.
3. Make a chart to help you organize sensory details. Draw a chart with 5 columns,
and label each one with one of the 5 senses (touch, smell, sound, taste, and sight).
In each column, write elements of the object, person, or scene that you’re trying to
describe that would appeal to the corresponding sense
Part 2: Structuring Your Paragraph
1. Begin by introducing the person, place, or thing you are describing. If you want
to get the reader's attention, then you should let him or her know what you're
describing as soon as possible instead of leaving them guessing. Not being
immediately clear about what you are describing can be confusing and frustrating
for your reader.
2. Use spatial order to organize your description. Create a mental image of the thing
you are trying to describe and pick a logical starting point for your description. From
there, progress your descriptions through space in a natural way to make the reader
feel like they are actually looking at or experiencing what you are describing.
3. End your paragraph by giving readers a key takeaway. Though you don't need
to have a neat concluding sentence for this creative paragraph, you'll need to end
the paragraph in a way that reminds readers of what you wanted them to take away
from this description. If the person, place, or object that you’re focusing on is
important, ask yourself why.

Part 3: Incorporating Sensory Detail


1. Engage your reader's sense of sight. Include details that you want the reader to
visualize. Use strong adjectives to illustrate your scene, moment, experience, or
item to the reader. However, keep in mind that, while adjectives can be helpful,
overusing them can lead to boring, overwrought writing — be selective!
2. Describe smells and tastes if applicable. It can be more difficult to describe smells
and tastes for some subjects, but do your best to be creative and include distinct
details that appeal to these senses. For example, “It tastes good” is a weak
description. However, “It tastes like Grandma's apple pie when it's fresh and still
bubbling around the edges - crunchy, flavorful and sweet” is strong.
3. Describe how your subject sounds. Ask yourself: what can you hear in this scene?
Sound can work to provide information about activities or events that commonly
occur in a place. It can also function to characterize, as the sound or tone of a
person’s voice can affect how the reader feels toward them.
4. Try to capture how the moment or item feels. Put yourself in the shoes of the
narrator (if you’re writing fiction) and imagine how they would react to the thing
you are describing, both physically and emotionally. Rely on adjectives to capture
how they feel. Avoid using general statements like "it feels nice,” and instead opt
for specific, definitive examples that relay the feeling of something to the reader.

Part 4: Adding Style to Your Paragraph


1. Weave in some figurative language to engage your reader. Figurative language
is language that brings new meaning to the subject of your description and is not
meant to be interpreted literally. It is often used to compare or connect your subject
with other things or ideas. There are many different types of figurative language,
but some of the most common are similes, metaphors, and allusions.
2. Make unique observations to surprise your reader. When you're describing
something, give your readers an image, feeling, smell, or sight that they wouldn't
normally expect. If you're describing a lawyer, for example, don't just tell the
readers things that they would expect to hear about them, like that they wear a suit
and work too much; tell your readers about their secret love for their pet iguanas.
Keeping your descriptions sounding fresh and original will better engage your
reader.
3. Write in active voice to simplify your sentences. Active voice is the sentence
structure in which the subject comes first and performs the action, whereas passive
voice is the structure in which the action comes first and the subject receives the
action. Writing in active voice results in more clear, concise sentences and often
minimizes confusion for your reader.
4. Vary your sentence structure to keep it interesting. At the same time, it’s often
easy to get trapped in the same basic subject-verb pattern for every sentence. To
make your paragraph less boring to read, mix up your sentence structure by adding
supplementary descriptive phrases and combining sentences. You can also contrast
longer, more complex sentences with short, impactful ones
In conlusion the most important thing is choosing the theme and making an outline

c. Does an outline empirically help you write a descriptive text? What does your experience
tell you about it?
Yes, It does, Because an outline empirically help me to make a list of all the ideas that are
going to be in developed into sentences. Not only does it help me organize thoughts,
but it will also help my essays flow better! A descriptive essay outline is composed
of the following: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Prior to writing, I have to know
the topic of my essay! Without an outline I can’t write a descriptive in a good structure.

THANK YOU

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