https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC Reference materials for essay writing en-us 2022-06-27 20:34:05 UTC 2025-11-16 08:36:58 UTC hello@padlet.com salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231770505 Q1: Describe a place which means a great deal to you. Why is it so important? (Hybrid: descriptive + personal statement)

Q2: Write about a time when you caused great disappointment to another person. What did you do about the situation? (Hybrid: personal narrative + expository)

Q3: It is often said that people are too concerned with getting things and spending money. What is your opinion? (Expository: Discursive or Argumentative)

Q4. 'People should always tell the truth.' Do you think there are any situations in which this might not be the best thing to do? Explain your answer. (Hybrid: narrative + Argumentative)]]> 2022-06-27 20:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231770505 salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231772082 2022-06-27 20:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231772082 salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231774073 Often build an intimate relationship between the writer and the reader. Some common types of personal recount include anecdotes, diary & journal entries, personal letters, etc.

Recounts an event or experience from the writer’s life in story form and often in intimate detail.

Understood as a piece of nonfiction storytelling based on the writer’s own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. 

Told in the first person, the writer draws on their life events to construct a story.]]> 2022-06-27 20:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231774073 salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231775668 2022-06-27 20:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231775668 salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231777132 2022-06-27 20:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231777132 salwati_salim1_1 https://padlet.com/marsilingss/2017P1SectC/wish/2231777277 1. Pay attention to details
2. Use descriptive language = Vivid verbs + precise adjectives
3. Appeal to multiple senses
4. Organisation: chronologically, order of importance, spatially

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Discursive: presenting several ideas to educate readers

Argumentative: thesis points (to support your argument) + anti-thesis point (for you to acknowledge opposing views and then refute / debunk them) are required.
Discursive: generally neutral and free-for-all discussion; as such, we aim to maximize breadth and depth.


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