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The document provides guidance on writing imaginative essays. It discusses different categories of imaginative essays such as characters, description, personal, argument, and narrative. It also lists 20 potential essay topics and asks the reader to choose one and consider which category it falls into. The document emphasizes analyzing titles carefully, considering different approaches, and reflecting on one's strengths in order to improve essay writing skills over time.

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Class 8 English

The document provides guidance on writing imaginative essays. It discusses different categories of imaginative essays such as characters, description, personal, argument, and narrative. It also lists 20 potential essay topics and asks the reader to choose one and consider which category it falls into. The document emphasizes analyzing titles carefully, considering different approaches, and reflecting on one's strengths in order to improve essay writing skills over time.

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Comparisons 

A. Write the correct form for comparison.  


 
- The situation is getting ​difficulter​.  more difficult 
 
1. I was happyer in my old job.  ……………………………………………... 
2. I’ve got the most small office. ……………………………………………… 
3. This photo is the goodest. ……………………………………………… 
4. Last week's meeting was more short.  ……………………………………………… 
5. Education is the importantest thing. ……………………………………………… 
6. Is Rachel elder than Vicky? ……………………………………………… 
7. This game is exciting than the last one. ……………………………………………… 
8. Of all the students, Nash does the more work. ……………………………………………… 
9. This month has been weter than the last month. ……………………………………………… 
10. The prices are more low here. ……………………………………………… 
11. I feel more bad than I did yesterday. ……………………………………………… 
12. Mehnaz is the most less attentive in class. ……………………………………………… 
 
 
B. We often use a phrase with ‘than’ after a comparative. 
- This restaurant is ​nicer than​ Pizza Hut.  
- The steak is m
​ ore expensive than ​the fish. 
 
Comment on these situations. Sentences with the comparative and ‘than’.   
E.g. ​The film lasts two and a half hours, but the videotape is only two hours long. 
The film is longer than the videotape. 
 
1. The watercolor is £85, and the oil painting is £100. 
_________________________________________________ 
2. The church was built in 1878 and the library in 1925. 
_________________________________________________ 
3. Daniel can lift 90 kilos, and Matthew can lift 150 kilos.  
_________________________________________________ 
4. Mike is 1.7 metres tall, but Harriet is 1.8 metres. 
_________________________________________________ 
5. Android hasn't many friends. Claire has lots of friends. 
_________________________________________________ 
6. Marina’s car has room for five people, but Sarah’s car has room for only four.  
_________________________________________________ 
 
C. We normally use ‘the’ before a superlative.  
- The​ ​quickest​ way is along this path. 
- The last question is t​ he most difficult​. 
 
Note the pattern with ‘one of’.  
- Michael Jackson is ​one of the most famous​ pop singers ever. 
 
After a superlative, we use ‘​in’​ or ‘​of’​.  
We use ‘in’ with places and with groups of people. 
- It’s the m
​ ost expensive​ hotel ​in G​ ulshan. 
- Who is the ​best p​ layer​ in​ the team? 
 
- This question is the ​most difficult​ ​of​ all.  
- August is the ​wettest​ month ​of​ the year. 
 
We often use a clause after a superlative. 
- That was the m​ ost delicious​ meal (that) ​I've ever eaten.​   
- Matilda is the n
​ icest​ person y
​ ou could meet​. 
 
Write sentences from the notes. Use the superlative form of the adjective. 
E.g. ​Melanie / kind person / I know Melanie is the kindest person I know. 
 
1. Friday / busy day / week ____________________ 
2. the Metropole / nice hotel / town ____________________ 
3. this watch / one / cheap / you can buy ____________________ 
4. this Beatles album / good / they ever made ____________________ 
5. Alan / successful salesman / company ____________________ 
 
 

Composition 
 
Imaginative essays cover a wider range of matters than practical writing, and require 
more careful analysis. The call for some imaginative response, for original ways of 
looking at things, for stimulating ideas and persuasive arguments. They call for you to 
be able to put yourself imaginatively into the place of someone else or to be able to 
visualise a scene or recreate it in words. 
 
Imaginative essays can be divided into the following categories: 
1. ​Characters​: You may be asked to describe a person, real or imaginary. 
2. ​Description​: You may be asked to write about a scene, e.g. a country scene or 
one set in a crowded urban situation. For a few lines of poetry may suggest a 
picture to you which you could describe.  
3. Personal​: You may be asked to write about an event from your own experience, 
e.g. from your childhood days or at school or work.   
4. Argument​: You may be asked to give the case for against a particular point of 
view, e.g. supporting or attacking capital punishment.   
5. Narrative​: This could be a story suggested by a simple title, e.g. The Quarrel.  
Or a situation may be presented to you which you would be asked to continue 
and develop. This situation could be textual prompt, or in the form of a piece of 
poetry or a dramatic photograph. 
6. Critical​: You may be asked to write an account of a play or a film you have seen 
or a book you have read. 
7. Dialogue/Play/Diary/Letter/Report/Newspaper Article​: These are some of 
the other forms you may be asked to use when writing an imaginative essay.  
 
All the kinds of imaginative essays can be written in one of the forms described above.  
 
Look at the following suggestions for essays and decide which of the above categories each 
of these topics fall into.  
Note that a title may be seen as belonging to, or as being adaptable to, more than one 
category. In other words, it could be tackled in a number of different ways. For example, 
the title ‘The Stranger’ could belong to 2. And 5 (and even to 3). It could be treated as a 
character sketch and be developed as a description of a person who is a stranger, or it 
could be treated as a title for a dramatic situation or story involving a stranger.  
 
Suggestions: 
1. By the River. 
2. What are your views on abortion? 
3. Looking for a House. 
4. Write an eyewitness account of an accident, real or imagined. 
5. The person who has influenced me the most. 
6. ‘Advice to one about to be married: Don’t!’ What are your views? 
7. Travelling Abroad. 
8. The Younger Generation. 
9. ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’ Do you agree? 
10. Those who follow fashion are following convention. 
11. Write about a book, a play or a film that has impressed you deeply and given you 
a new insight into life and people. 
12. ‘The straitjacket 
Of clock and calendar.’ 
13. Write a story ending with the words ‘But when he opened the door, there was no 
one there.’ 
14. ‘I would rather do without computer than without mobile phone.’ Do you agree?  
15. Out of this World. 
16. Family Life. 
17. Write a conversation between a 14-year-old teenager and his or her grandfather 
or grandmother discussing the attitudes and fashions of today. 
18. My First Day at Work. 
19. Bringing up a Family 
20. The Deserted House.  
 
 
It is important that you study lists of titles for a number of reasons: 
1. Such study enables you to see whether you know anything about the subject. 
2. It helps you to see different possible ways in which a subject can be tackled. 
The title ‘The Wreck’ may at first sight present no ideas, but if you ask, ‘Could this be a 
description, a narrative?’ then ideas and ways of approaching the subject Mein present 
themselves to you. 
3. Through practice and experience, you will probably find that some types of 
essays appeal to you more than others and that you can achieve more success in 
one area than in another. 
For instance, you may have plenty of knowledge and ideas about controversial matters 
and be able to organise facts and arguments well. You may find, on the other hand, that 
you can use words evocatively to create atmosphere and depict a scene in words. 
This evaluation of your abilities and developing your powers of self-criticism so that you 
know where your strengths lie, is an important part of this course and an important 
step towards success in your future examinations as well as other endeavours in life. 
 
Look again at the 20 titles above. See which subject you feel you know something about. 
Then check which category of essay seems to appeal to you most at this stage. Jot down 
your response in your notebook or personal diary; you will find it interesting to refer back 
to at a later stage to see how your idea of your abilities has changed. Time and practice 
may, of course, prove that your true strength lies in a different direction. 
 
Now select one of the 20 titles to write down your essay. 

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