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The Language Of Persuasion

Reading, Comprehending, Composing and Student Help on the genres in each unit.

Introduction to Persuasion

Module 1 Persuasive Speeches

Ralph's Speech

JFK Inaugural Address

I Have A Dream Martin Luther King

The Graduation Speech

Module 2 Persuasion and The Media

The Media

Part 1 Persuasion In The Media

Part 2 Composing A Media Essay (O. L.)

Part 3 Composing A Media Essay (H.L)

Part 4 Media Terminology

Why Is Advertising Persuasive?

(1) Advertising Transcript

(2) Analysis Of Advertisement

The Story Advertisement

Words Of persuasion

Assignments

The Simpsons

Human Rights

Travellers' rights

Child Protection

 

Module 4 Personal Persuasion

The Persuasive Letter

The Promotional Interview-Bono 

 

The Language Of Information

Reading, Comprehending, Composing and Student Help on the different information genres in each unit.

Introduction to Information

Literacy Standards

(1) Editorial

(2) Features Article

On Being a Student

(1) Writing Essay Answers

(2) Effective Revision

(3) Note Taking

(4) Reading Textbooks

(5) Problem Solving

Alcohol Report

Electronic Protest

Sport's Psychology

All About Drugs

Assignments

History Account: Denim

Information Report

Frank McCourt: His Life

 

The Language Of Narration

Reading, Comprehending, Composing and Student Help on the different narrative genres in each unit.

Introduction to Narration

Module 1 Journalism

Fashion

(1) My Blue Jeans

(2) The Teenage Model

(3) Business Report

The Celebrity Interview

Pressures of Rock Stardom

Assignments Journalism

(1) Train Journey

(2) The Peace Prize

Module 2 Autobiography in Narration

Assignments Autobiograhpy

(1) My Schooldays Maeve Binchy

(2) My Landscape Polly Devlin

(3) Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

(4) My Youth Mark Twain

An Evil Cradling Brian Keenan

(1) The Kidnapping

(2) The Cell

Wheels Within Wheels Dervla Murphy

 

Module 3 Letters in Narration

Letters

(1) Letters To The Editor

(2) Maud Gonne To W.B. Yeats

Module 4 Travel

The Hiring Fair, Colm Toibin

Cork In Autumn

Module 5 Reviews

Module 5 ASSIGNMENTS Narration

Assignments 1 Fiction

(1) Bruce Chatwin's 'In Patagonia'

(2) Lord of the Flies

(3) Animal Farm

 The Language of Aesthetics

Reading, Comprehending, Composing and Student Help on the various forms related to the aesthetic genre.

Introduction To Fiction And Aesthetics

Student Help On Composing Fiction

How Many Miles to Babylon Jennifer Johnston

The Homesick Garden Kate Cruise O'Brien

(1) The Bicycle Accident

(2) The Un-Macho Male

Dublin Exodus Brian Leyden

The Road To Memphis Mildred Taylor

Other Cultures and Settings

(1) Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

(2)The Grass Is Singing Doris Lessing

(3) Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte

City Of The Mind Penelope Lively

Amongst Women John McGahern

Assignments

Seamus Heaney Time Essay

Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

Great Expectations Charles Dickens

Gabrial Oak And The Girl Thomas Hardy

Emma And Harriet Jane Austen

Joyce's Bloomsday David Norris

Part 5 Film Studies Related Texts

The Third Man Script

Fair City Script

The Comic Sketch

Camera And Film Techniques

The Language of Argument

Reading, Comprehending, Composing and Student Help on the various argumentative genres in each unit.

Introduction to Argument

Science And Smoking Dr William Reville

Inductive Argument: Adoption Aideen Clifford

Old Major's Arguments

Assignments: Argument

Football Hooligans

Radio Speech

The Conversationalist

The Irish Identity Prof. O'Tuathaigh

Cultural Diversity Patrick MacEntee

Female Stereotyping Sue Phillips

Einstein' s Arguments

A Divided Society Tom Kilroy

Editorial - Exams The Irish Times


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