Description

Description

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business English (MGT 201)

Unit 7: Patterns of Writing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of description.
• Use the relevant language and writing techniques in business communication.

Curriculum Scope

• Jhumpa Lahiri: Rice
• Heather Rogers: The Hidden Life of Garbage

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Descriptive writing

   1. Purpose, dominant impression and selection of detail.
   2. Sensory language and spatial organization.
   3. Balance vivid description with clear focus.

2. Prescribed-text analysis

   1. Read Jhumpa Lahiri's Rice and Heather Rogers's The Hidden Life of Garbage.
   2. Examine descriptive choices and their contribution to meaning.
   3. Compose a focused description using an appropriate organizing pattern.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 12-13.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.