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

A picture

This document is ...

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

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

This document is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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)

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 ...

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

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 ...

4) J'analyse le document