Description, Dialogue, Verbs, and Nouns in Spanish
Description
Description: The presentation of the characteristics of people, objects, places, or events belonging to the real world or an imagined world, so that the receiver will have a clear idea of them.
Types of Descriptions
- Objective Description: The issuer shows reality without providing personal assessments.
- Subjective Description: The issuer shows their particular perception of what they describe.
Description Styles
- Static Description: Reality is presented as stable and motionless.
- Dynamic Description:
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Speech refers to the different pronunciations of a language, involving elements
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Dialogue and Its Functions
Dialogue is reproduced in a direct way to exchange words between two or more partners. These partners interact and change their message based on what they say. The basic functions are:
- Expressive: Or emotional, because the emitter expresses what he feels.
- Conative: Because it incites the receiver to act or respond.
- Phatic: Because it is necessary to check whether the speaker and listener continue the conversation.
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