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Retelling a descriptive text
Textbook: pp. 143–144
GoalRetell a descriptive text.
New words
descriptive text · tasviriy matndescription · tasvirepithet · sifatlashlandscape · manzara
Explanation
A text that makes the features of an object, event or place appear before the eyes is a descriptive text. Descriptive texts use many adjectives, imitative words and comparisons. In retelling such a text, the important features of the description must not be left out. First we find the order of the description: near to far, or general to particular. Then, on the basis of a plan, we retell in our own words, keeping the vividness of the description.
Worked examples
Tong otdi; oltin nurlar tepalikni yaltiratdi (Dawn broke; golden rays made the hill glitter) — a descriptive sentence.
Daraxt shox-shabbasini shamolga tebratib, shitir-shitir qildi (The tree swayed its branches in the wind, rustling).
Class activity
Picture description: look at a landscape picture and describe it following a plan.
Practice
1
What is a descriptive text?
A text that makes the features of an object or place appear before the eyes.
2
What words are common in descriptive texts?
Adjectives, imitative words and comparisons.
3
What may the order of description be?
Near to far or general to particular.
4
Why do we not leave out important features when retelling a descriptive text?
Because the vividness of the description depends on these features.