OBJECTIVEC DESCRIPTION AND SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
- 1. OBJECTIVES: 1. Differentiate Objective Description from Subjective Description. 2. Appreciate the importance of describing things properly. 3. Create a vivid description about the picture.
- 2. 1. What is the picture about? 2. Can you describe the picture and compare it in the real-life scenario? 3. What do we do when describing something?
- 3. Directions: The class will be divided into 4 groups and each group must describe the given subject with the use of the 5 senses categories.
- 4. On a separate sheet, complete the table by supplying words or phrases that best describe the given subjects. Use any of your senses to provide appropriate descriptions. Then answer the questions that follow. Subject SIGHT HEARING SMELL TASTE TOUCH EXAMPLE: beauty queen long-legged beautiful soft voice heavenly scent silky skin concert beach side adobo
- 5. Answer the following questions. 1. What do you call the words that are used to provide a striking effect on the senses of the reader? 2. How do these words help create a vivid description of the given words? 3. What kind of paragraph can you develop using the given details?
- 7. According to Dayagbil & et al, 2016, The use of description plays an important role to elucidate the nature of people, places, and things. A series of detailed observation about the subject can help you create a good descriptive paragraph. This involves the use of adjectives and adverbs in the paragraph. The kind of words we used to describe how your subject looks, sounds, feels, smells, or even tastes like are called sensory languages. It also concerns how you will arrange the details to provide an image of the scene, the person, or the object you are trying to describe in your text.
- 8. There are two types of description. First is objective description, where the writer presents impartial and actual picture of the subject without biases and excluding personal impression of the subject just like when you give your description of an experiment in class. Second is subjective description, where the writer gives personal impression of what is observed. This is often used in making fiction stories. For instance, when you are asked to write about a place you visit during summer vacation, you tend to give your personal judgment of how you experience the place.
- 9. 1. What are we doing when describing something? 2. Do you find it easy or hard? 3. Why is it important to describe something or someone properly?
- 10. Directions: Read the paragraphs below. Tell whether the description is subjective description or objective. 1. Sampaloc Lake is an inactive volcanic maar on the island of Luzon, the Philippines. It is the largest of the Seven Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna. Nearly half of the lake's depth has a shallow depression at the bottom, indicating its volcanic origin. It is approximately 104 hectares and 3.5-kilometer boardwalk. The lake is behind San Pablo City Capitol and at the foot of the Doña Leonila Park.
- 11. 2. Sampaloc Lake is one of the best tourist spots in San Pablo. It is where you can bring your friends and loved ones for picnic and bonding. Most of San Pableños jog around the lake and do ride bicycles not only to have morning good exercise but also have fresh air. You can witness the beauty of nature for it is surrounded with mountains.
- 12. Directions: Identify whether each given sentence uses objective description or subjective description. Write your answers on a ¼ sheet of paper. ____________1. The building is a three-story structure made of red brick with white trim. ____________2. The classroom felt cramped and stuffy, with desks crammed together and barely any room to move. ____________3. The stadium, filled with roaring fans and vibrant energy, was an exhilarating place to be. ____________4. He wore a black jacket, blue jeans, and brown shoes. _____________5. The classroom contains thirty desks arranged in six rows of five.
- 13. Homework: Search for the two types of definition: Formal and Informal