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Write out five steps to writing descriptive composition
1 choose a clear subject
2 Gather rich sensory details
3 organize your ideas
4 write a vivid draft
5 revise and refine
TOPIC: SWIMMING
*A. DEFINITION OF SWIMMING*
Swimming is an individual or team aquatic sport that involves propelling the body through water using coordinated movements of the arms and legs. It is both a recreational activity and a competitive Olympic sport.
*B. IMPORTANCE OF SWIMMING*
*1. Physical Importance:*
– It provides full-body exercise and builds muscular strength.
– It improves cardiovascular fitness and lung capacity.
– It helps in maintaining healthy body weight.
*2. Safety Importance:*
– It is a vital survival skill that prevents drowning.
– It helps a person to rescue others in water accidents.
*3. Health & Therapeutic Importance:*
– It is recommended for people with joint problems because water reduces stress on bones.
– It reduces stress, anxiety, and improves mental well-being.
*4. Social & Career Importance:*
– It builds self-confidence, discipline and determination.
– It offers career opportunities as a professional swimmer, swimming coach, lifeguard, or instructor.
*C. IMPORTANT TERMS IN SWIMMING AND THEIR EXPLANATION*
*1. Pool:* A man-made structure filled with water where swimming takes place. Olympic pool is 50 meters long.
*2. Lane:* A marked division inside the pool that separates swimmers during a race.
*3. Stroke:* A specific style or method of swimming. Types include Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly.
*4. Freestyle:* Fastest and most popular stroke where the swimmer alternates arms and does flutter kicks.
*5. Breaststroke:* Slowest stroke where both hands move together in front of the chest with frog-like kicks.
*6. Backstroke:* The only stroke performed on the back with alternating arm movement.
*7. Butterfly:* Most difficult stroke where both arms move simultaneously over the head with dolphin-like kicks.
*8. Dive:* A head-first entry into water from a diving board or pool edge to start a race.
*9. Lap:* Swimming from one end of the pool to the other.
*10. Goggles:* Protective glasses worn to see clearly underwater and protect eyes from chlorine.
*11. Lifeguard:* A trained official responsible for safety and rescue of swimmers.
*12. Treading Water:* A technique of staying afloat in deep water without moving forward.
*13. Medley:* A race where swimmers use all four strokes in a specific order.
*14. Disqualification:* Penalty for breaking swimming rules e.g. false sta