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day 79writing it well

unit 12 · learning & language

    writing it well

    Talk about how a text is built (introduction, body, conclusion, paragraphs and chapters) and about style: written and spoken language, figurative and indirect expressions, slang and forms of address.

    today’s words

    • 서론 seoron · introduction (of an essay)
    • 본론 bollon · main body (of an essay)
    • 본문 bonmun · main text
    • 문단 mundan · paragraph
    • 단락 dallak · paragraph, section (단락을 짓다)
    • 행 haeng · line (of text) (행을 바꾸다)
    • 장 jang · chapter (제1장)
    • 중략 jungnyak · (text) omitted (in a quotation)
    • 서술 seosul · description, narration
    • 설명문 seolmyeongmun · expository writing, explanatory text
    • 예문 yemun · example sentence
    • 나열 nayeol · listing, enumeration
    • 비유적 biyujeok · figurative, metaphorical
    • 완곡하다 wangokada · indirect, softened, roundabout
    • 화법 hwabeop · speech, way of speaking (직접 화법)
    • 청자 cheongja · listener (화자와 청자)
    • 호칭어 hochingeo · term of address
    • 문어 muneo · written language (문어와 구어)
    • 속어 sogeo · slang
    • 글쓴이 geulsseuni · the writer (of a text)
    • 개요 gaeyo · outline, summary
    • 모국어 mogugeo · mother tongue, native language
    • 낱말 nanmal · word (native term)

    sentences

    • 서론은 주제를 밝히고 본론은 근거를 설명한다. · The introduction states the topic, and the body explains the evidence.
    • 본문 내용을 세 단락으로 나누어 요약하세요. · Summarise the main text in three paragraphs.
    • 새 문단을 시작할 때는 행을 바꾼다. · When you start a new paragraph, you begin a new line.
    • 글이 길 때는 중간을 ‘중략’이라고 쓰고 생략한다. · When a passage is long, you leave out the middle and write ‘중략’ (omitted).
    • 이 글은 핵가족의 역사를 시간 순서로 서술한다. · This text narrates the history of the nuclear family in time order.