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  3. You will now listen to part of a lecture. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, give yourself

You will now listen to part of a lecture. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, give yourself

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问题 You will now listen to part of a lecture. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, give yourself 20 seconds to prepare your response. Then record yourself speaking for 60 seconds.
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Using the examples mentioned by the professor, describe two ways that writers create emphasis when writing dialogue.
Narrator
Now listen to part of a lecture in a creative writing class.
Professor
As writers, you want the dialogue in your story to have impact. Well, there are many ways to do that, and I’m gonna talk about two of them—exaggeration and understatement. Now, understatement is the opposite of exaggeration, but you can actually use them both to do the same thing—to create emphasis or impact. Let’s compare them and see how they do that.
OK, exaggeration. When you want your characters to emphasize a point, you can have them describe things or their feelings as bigger or more extreme than they really are. For example, your main character comes back from a very long walk and she’s very tired. Well, you can have her say "Boy, I’m tired." Oryou can have her say, "I can’t take another step." Well, of course she can take another step, but you see, if she exaggerates, she’ll make her point in a more forceful and interesting way.
But you can also create emphasis with understatement, and like I said it’s the opposite of exaggeration, but it does the same thing. With understatement you emphasize by saying, by saying less, by saying less than you mean. That sounds paradoxical, so I’ll give you an example. From real life.
My friend Ed is a very talented cook. So last week he cooked me a delicious meal. Now, I could’ve said to him, "This food is really great, Ed," but that’s kinda boring. Plus, Ed knew I thought the food was delicious. I’d eaten three servings. So instead I said, "This food’s not bad, Ed." Now clearly the food was a lot better than nor bad. But by understating, by describing the food as—as less good than it really was, I actually made a stronger statement. The characters in your stories can do this too.
Narrator
Using the examples mentioned by the professor, describe two ways that writers create emphasis when writing dialogue.
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答案 This particular question requires you to summarize the contents of a lecture you hear. In your response, you should talk about the two ways that writers create emphasis when writing dialogue. The professor says that exaggeration and understatement are two ways to create emphasis or impact. After your general introduction, you should then talk about the first way that writers can create emphasis. The professor says that exaggeration can create impact or emphasis by describing something as bigger or more than it is. For example, a character in a story who is tired from a long walk might say, "I can’t take another step" instead of saying "I’m tired." This exaggeration is more forceful and interesting. You should then talk about the second way to create emphasis. The professor says that with understatement you can create emphasis by saying less than you mean. For example, the professor complimented her friend on a great meal by saying that it was "not bad." Using understatement makes for a stronger statement. You should make sure that you leave yourself enough time to talk about the second example. You will be expected to cover both examples. Your response should be intelligible, should demonstrate effective use of grammar and vocabulary, and should be well developed and coherent.
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