English: purpose, organisation and style
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| relevance/ˈrelɪvəns/ | 相关性 | xiāng guān xìng |
| register/ˈredʒɪstə/ | 语域 | yǔ yù |
A decision before an answer
- A correct sentence about the writer’s lunch may still need deleting from a paragraph about a bridge inspection.
- Your goal: Determine relevance and rhetorical purpose.
Read the relationship
- English questions assess the passage as a whole. Read the surrounding sentences before judging a local change.
- Organise sentences and paragraphs.
A science report needs formal style. Choose:
The second is precise and suitable for a report.
Use the defining rule
- For an add-or-delete question, name the paragraph’s purpose and test whether the proposed detail advances it.
- Choose precise, concise language consistent with tone.
Where should “This device recorded the temperature” go?
This device needs a clear earlier reference.
Check the conditions
- For placement, follow references and time order. A sentence using “this method” needs the method introduced first.
- Choose precise, concise language consistent with tone.
A paragraph explains how engineers inspect cracks. “The team used a camera to record the cracks” supports the method. “The team enjoyed the café nearby” adds no inspection detail and should be omitted. This is a relevance decision, not a grammar decision.
A detail unrelated to the paragraph’s goal lacks ____.
The detail must serve the paragraph’s purpose.
Apply the task format
- Concise wording removes repetition without deleting a necessary meaning. Preserve the register and viewpoint of the passage.
- Choose precise, concise language consistent with tone.
The shortest answer is not always correct: it can remove a needed contrast, cause or identifying detail.
Which answer fits this case?
Determine relevance and rhetorical purpose
A grammatically correct sentence must always be kept.
A sentence can be correct but irrelevant or redundant.
Keep the distinctions
- relevance 相关性 — How information serves the stated purpose.
- register 语域 — The style appropriate to a situation.
- Determine relevance and rhetorical purpose.
- Organise sentences and paragraphs.
- Choose precise, concise language consistent with tone.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.