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Grao en Galego e Portugués: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
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Describing people in terms of physical appearance, personality and behaviour, life, lifestyle and beliefs Points to consider:
Language and vocabulary
Organization of information
Linking words and structures
Describing places and buildings in terms of location, reasons for visiting, sights, free-time activities and recommedations Organize and structure information
Useful language: Explaining impressions
Making comparisons
Location verbs and prepositions
Characteristics of formal and informal style
Expressing impressions & reactions

Describing Objects in terms of size, weight, age, shape, pattern, colour, origin, material, special characteristics, reasons for being special.

Describing festivals, events and ceremonies
Useful language and expressions
Narratives. Organize information: Set the scene, develop the story, end the story.

Techniques for beginning and ending stories.
Past tense and time words.
Inversion
Descriptive vocabulary
Flashback narration
Discursive essays.
Opinion essays.
Essays suggesting solutions to problems.
For and against,
Opinion essays
Essays suggesting solutions to problems
Useful expressions for giving opinions
Formal style
Beginning and ending discursive essays
Useful tips for discursive essays
Useful expressions and linking words/phrases
Writing letters. Style in letters
Useful language for letters of request, complaint, apology, application, transactional
Useful language to begin letters
Advice / suggestions
End letters
Useful language for letters to the authorities /editor
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