Respond to the following situations either in a short story, using a dialogue and a description, or in an essay form.

1. Describe how illustrations can help a reader to enjoy the book. Refer to two or three books you have read.

2. Recommend a friend (who does not read much) a book which you have recently read. Try to encourage your friend to spend more time reading.

3. Write a clear and factual report for the newspaper of an accident that you have witnessed.

4. The persistent disadvantages and advantages of being a woman.

5. The advantages and disadvantages of being an only child.

6. Superstition in our lives today.

7. Write a persuasive letter giving details about the pleasure of play­ing a musical instrument.

8. Suppose you were writing an account of your childhood in such a way as to emphasize your relations with your family.

9. Television and radio plays as a reflection of real life.

 

10. Write a letter to the press stating the case for abolishing exami­nations or for handing over students discipline to a committee in which staff and students co-operate on equal terms. Invent suitable names and addresses.

11. Write a short story to the magazine on one of the happenings in your childhood which much influenced you.

12. The wedding of one of the members of your family.

13. Crime and punishment. Give your views on juvenile deliquency. Should the punishment fit the crime?

14. What help in running a home should a husband give to his wife?

15. Explain the pleasures of music-making.

16. What seems to you worthwhile in some forms of popular litera­ture, e. g. detective stories, science fiction?

17. A student whose dress and appearance are such as to excite com­ment.

18. Describe some customs of girls and boys in this country.

1 Credit will be given for arrangement of ideas, clear expression and direct com­parison.


CONVERSATIONAL EXPRESSIONS (Units ONE - EIGHT)

Unit ONE

PERSUASION

Persuasion involves not only making a suggestion but actively try­ing to convince someone to agree with you and accept it. As such, it is a mild and (usually) acceptable form of arguing.

But evidently to use cliches is by far not enough. What you need is valid arguments to really persuade a person to do this or that. Remember that to be convincing you must abide by certain rules in logics:

Persuasion

I don't know, but I'll tell you what Look Why don't we I know you can do it It's crucial for you It's important for you It's necessary for you

(Oh)come on Don't you think After all, What you don't seem to

understand is that I'm awfully sorry to ask

you... but If you'll do it ...I'll

Going in to persuasions

All right Look — I'll tell you what We'll see

(Well) I guess so Maybe you're right Oh, if you insist