Questions regarding Secondary school english

ahpengg SG

hmms my teacher said this was to show and not tell... but i don't know the exact term for this..

Eg: Instead of saying "I have confidence to do well in the examination" , say "I felt that I had the knowledge of a thousand prodigies, ready to top my examinations with flying colours"

Pls do not tell me the term for this is arrogant.. >.<

Thks for reading .

the Bear SG

delusional? Laughing

CKeer SG

Dat WOULD be, ALMOST Certainly, MOST definitely, Delusional.
Laughing

Cheers.
C.K

ahpengg SG

i guess the teachers want us to exagerate a lil bit.

r0mE_27 SG

the first one is plain, simple but easy to understand

second one is more for those descriptive essays, too many of these in regular compositions make it sound very boring and dry. a few in a compo would make it look pretty nice but please do not emphasize the varsity of everything all in one sentence, it would sound pretty stupid.

eg: the girl had astonishing looks with milkly soft hair that fell to her shoulders
--> just nice
eg: the girl possessed astonishining beauty with the milky soft hair of an angel that fell like the summer breeze on her perfectly sized upper forearm
--> far too dry and crappy

dun flame thx

ahpengg SG

ya, but what is this called?

I need help SG

Its got nothing to do with show and tell, rather it's just using some adjectives.

>_>

r0mE_27 SG

oh chey, the name ar? its called making everything more descriptive?

forgot the term liao.

FireIce SG

tua kang

Fatum SG

if this is chinese O'level essay you may get an A1 ... but this is English ... you may cause the marker to make a warm puddle underneath his or her chair ... Laughing

Xcert SG

wayang.

go thru all the trouble to make a simple point.

sounding too much like shakespeare is not going to endear U to the marker... Laughing Mr. Green

trendz SG

There's no need to be so descriptive; and add a thousand adjectives trying to make the sentence stand out. Do you grab the attention of the reader/marker?

Anyway, most Singaporeans can't write for nuts and have serious problems with their grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuations, etc. Just check out their speech; I mean those who ain't versatile.

So cut out those bombastic words; and stick to your pathetically primary school english.

Good English doesn't mean the use of bombastic and profound words; bad English doesn't include the rare odd spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Mr. Green

dakkon_blackblade SG

That's sounds a tad too hyperbolic. But your teacher's point is to more adjectives and imagery to bring a point across, rather than telling it straight out. The purpose is to enrich your writing and make it sound more interesting. For example, instead of saying, "It is morning", you can say, "The red sun rose like a ball of fire over the far hills." This applies more for descriptive writing such as recounts and narratives rather than expositions or information reports.