Avoiding Accidents on our Roads (Road Safety)

Road traffic accidents have been responsible for the loss of many human lives and the destruction of valuable properties in our country. A day hardly passes without a report of …road traffic accidents will be drastically reduced. Lives and properties will therefore be safe.

EVALUATION

NOSEC for JSS 1; Unit 10; pages 88-89, questions 1-7

ASPECT: COMPOSITION

TOPIC: Descriptive Composition

A descriptive composition gives the mental picture of a person, place or an object. It is a type of essay that requires the writer to describe things, places and persons. The composition should be written in such a way that the reader will have a good picture of the person, place or object in his mind.  For example: ‘My school compound’;  ‘My favourite teacher’;  ‘My favourite game’.

Useful Hints on How to Write a Good Descriptive Essay

CONTENT:

1. You are expected to give a detailed description of what you are asked to describe.
2. Give some ideas of the importance/significance of what you are to describing if you are describing a person; describe the qualities you appreciate in the person.

ORGANISATION:

You are expected to start your description with an introductory paragraph, which should mention the scene, object or person you want to describe, the general features and the outward appearance if you are describing a place.

EXPRESSION:

You are expected to make use of the appropriate words which will best explain your description to your reader.

CONCLUSION:

The concluding part of a descriptive essay gives the reader the taste of what the whole essay looks like. It is the summary of what you have described. However, it should be brief interesting and it should be in line with the topic of the essay. You may use different techniques to conclude your narrative essay. It may be inform of definition, a proverb or a general remark on the topic. This generally arouses the interest of the reader.

NOTE: Do not itemize the paragraph but your essay should be written in well developed paragraphs.

EVALUATION

Define the terms, narrative and descriptive essay with three examples each.

ASSIGNMENT

Your class organized an excursion to a few places of interest in your country. Unfortunately, your friend took ill before the excursion and he/she was hospitalized. He/she was therefore unable to go on that excursion. Give an account of the excursion to him/her.