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The English Essay

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  • 25-02-2010 8:17pm
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    Keogg
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭


    So I don't really know what anybody elses opinion might be on this, but I find the essay on paper one higher level to be really difficult - we've never really covered the language styles apart from argument, but our teacher did it really badly, other than that I've only ever done a bit of persuasion in transition year...

    I just think it's so unfair that it's worth 100marks and studied poetry is only 50, yet we spend so long covering poetry and nothing on the essay

    Does anyone know where I can get any good notes on it? They'd be greatly appreciated =]


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    BrokenHeels_Ox
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    i understand what u mean, 100 marks, unreal! In my opinion, its a fluke, depends on whether ur imagination is working on the day. Anyways, less stress more success have some good notes :) covers all the dfferent writing styles etc.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,229 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    To learn about writing styles.....read different writing styles.


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    implausible
    Registered Users Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    You don't actually have to study the different types of languages. This is only really useful in answering a style question in section A and even then...you'd manage to pick out features of style without having a checklist.

    For composition, no essay is just going to be in one style e.g. a speech can be in persuasive and argumentative language. I'd echo Spurious's advice - read, read and read. For example, Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' is a good example of a persuasive speech - repetition, connection to the audience, description...


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