Expository and argumentative eureka : model expository and argumentative essays for today's secondary school students / written, compiled and edited by Diana Tham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tham, Diana, author, compiler, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argumentative Eureka features the best of model expository and argumentative stories written by English Language and Literature specialist, Diana Tham. Through her essays, as well as works by her students, Diana shows students how to apply model structures and writing techniques to their own writing, providing them with strategies that will help to crystallise their ideas and realise their potential. Using these essays as a guide, students will be able to hone the necessary writing skills they need to ensure exceptional scores in any examination.

Contents:

""cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Author�s Note""; ""About the Book�""; ""“Not everyone can be successful in life.�Do you agree?""; ""“The increase of dual-income familieswill lead to the erosion of family values.�Discuss.""; ""“All that glitters is not gold.� Discussto what extent you agree that the worldhas become excessively taken up withappearances in the twenty-first century.""; ""Are there any ways in which teenagerscan make their school life meaningful?""; ""“Leaders are born, not made.� To whatextent do you agree with this statement?""

""“Homework serves no real purpose ineducation.� What are your views?""""Discuss ways by which Singapore�sbirth rate may be increased.""; ""“The responsibility of discipliningchildren ultimately lie with teachers,not parents.� What are your views?""; ""“There�s no place like home.� Do youalways love your home and why?""; ""In what ways can teenagers entertain themselves without their electronic gadgets?""; ""“All have a part to play in building agracious society.� What are your views?""

""“We can�t do without social networking platforms today.� What are your views?""""Do you agree that parental maintenance is necessary?""; ""What is your idea of humility? Describe some people or actions that you consider truly humble.""; ""Do you agree that praise is adouble-edged sword?""; ""“The teenagers of today have become excessively materialistic.�Discuss your perspectives.""; ""“Success depends on talent not character.� What are your views?""; ""Is romantic love a poor basisfor marriage? To what extent do you agree with this statement?""

""“There is a crack in everything. It is these cracks that allow light to get in.� To what extent do you agree with this assessment?""""“Time and tide waits for no man.�To what extent do you agree that the limitations of time is always a bad thing?""; ""To what extent do you agree that clothes make a man?""; ""“Degrees and certification from collegesand universities are irrefutably necessary in today�s society.� To what extent do youagree with this view?""; ""“Adults know best.� What are the problems you discuss with adults? Do you always take their adviceand suggestions?""

""“Service learning is a sheer waste of time.� Discuss your views.""""“The media and movies in general have exaggerated the dangers faced by crimescene investigators.� Discuss your views.""; ""“To err is human, to forgive is divine. �Do you find it difficult to forgive others?""; ""Write about the things that make Singaporeans proud of their country.""; ""To what extent do you agree that censorship is necessary in our modern world?""; ""“All students caught cheating in anexamination should be automatically expelled.� Do you agree?""

""“Singapore should do more for the elderly.� Do you agree?""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 29, 2014).

ISBN:

9789814561914

9814561916

OCLC:

889675072