Contexts and Conventions

	Rod Quin Hugh Rayner            ISBN:  9780733908132      ISBN10:  0733908136      RRP inc. GST:  $51.95    Published:  15/06/2000      Format:  Paperback      Pages:  238

Description top Contexts and Conventions has been written for students studying English with a view towards further study at tertiary level. Features include: an integrated approach to reading, viewing, writing and speaking student-friendly explanations of contemporary literacy and communication theories, including genre, intertextuality and reading practices extensive use of case studies, extracts and images to illustrate key concepts a wide range of activities designed to develop students' language skills and understandings an emphasis on student reflection and metacognition models and samples of student work reminder cards summarising key concepts a chapter on study and examination techniques

Table of Contents top Autobiography: shaping experiences Characterisation Journalism, news and current affairs: constructing reality Intertextuality & genre Representation Visual language Non-fiction: historical representations Television drama Point of view Rhetoric And so to satire Writing essays Study and exam techniques