3°. How to describe a document.

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Aujourd'hui nous allons voir comment décrire un document.

Created by © Annie Argelas. Ac-Aix-Marseille

1) Il faut tout d'abord présenter le type de document

This document is ...

A picture

This document is ...

A photo

This document is ...

A film poster

This document is ...

A film still

This document is ...

An advertisement / an ad

This document is ...

A painting

This document is ...

A drawing

This document is ...

A graffiti

This document is ...

A cartoon

This document is ...

A comic strip

This document is ...

A book cover

This document is ...

The front page of a newspaper

This document is ...

An article from a newspaper

This document is ...

A leaflet / a brochure

This document is ...

A page from the internetA website

This document is ...

A map

This document is ...

An ID An ID card

This document is ...

A (plane / train) ticket

This document is ...

A letter

2) Je regarde ensuite ce qui se trouve sur le document

a) Est-ce qu'il y a un titre ?The title is ... The document is entitled ...

b) Est-ce que le nom de l'auteur figure sur le document ?The author / artist is ...It was taken by ... It was made by ... It was painted by ... It was drawn by ...

c) Est-ce que l'origine du document est mentionnée ?The photo was taken in ... It was published / painted in ... It is an extract from ...

3) Je décris le document en partant du général vers le détail.

a) Quel est le thème / sujet général du document ?It represents ... It is about ... It shows ... The document deals with ...

b) Je recherche les éléments suivants et je décris en détailWho ? I can see ... (The Jones, Oliver, people, a man, a pupil ...)Where ? The scene takes place ... (in a house, at school, ...) When ? The scene takes place in ... (1960, the summer, the afternoon, ...) What ? Be + BV-ing (He's reading a book)

c) Je varie les structuresIt is / she is / they are ...There is / there are ... They have got / he has got ... It seems / she looks ...

4) J'analyse le document

a) Je fais des hypothèsesMaybe / Perhaps ...I think ... I believe ... I suppose ... I guess ... According to me ... / In my opinion ... It looks like ... / It seems that ...

b) Je donne mon opinion et je justifie systématiquement I like / I don't like this document because ...It makes me think of .../ It reminds me of ... This document is ... interesting, funny, amazing, original, etc. because it shows ...

c) Je termine avec une conclusion To conclude / In conclusion / We can say that ...