写作前准备3(Prewriting)---W-H Questio

 

W-H Questions

当记者要写一篇新闻稿时，都会在报道中回答以下的问题：

      │ who │ what │ where │ when │ why │  how│

Who---谁在这事件中？

What---这事件是关于什么的？

Where---这事件在哪里发生？

When---什么时候发生？

Why---为什么会发生？

How---这件事怎样发生？

同样地，你可以这些问题来组成作文的材料，从而让自己由不同角度去看同一主题，帮助自己定位。你无须安排一定次序，也不用担心资料是否有用，只要尽量提出多些W-H问题，然后逐一解答便可。当你完成后，再决定取舍那些材料。

例子：

Here is an example of using W-H questions for invention. It is the first part of a list of questions that this writer, Shirley, developed. After completing this list of questions, she answered them. She used the information generated in her answers to write her essay.

My father(who)

Lost his job(what)

Department store(where)

This February(when)

Because the company closed(why)

Then generate more questions from the above hints.

Who is my father?

What kind of a person is he?

What do people think of him?

What happened exactly?

How did it happen?

What did he say when he found out?

How did he feel?

Where does he work?

Where is this place?

What department does he work in?

What does he do there?

Practice：

Choose one of the following topics or choose your own topic. Then write as many W-H questions as you can on the topic and answer them. After 15 minutes, find out which information you want to keep or throw away.