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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Unit 1 Approaching your course; Introduction; Support for your study; Unit 2 Responding to poetry; 2.1 Reading poems closely and exploring meanings; 2.2 Exploring imagery and sound; 2.3 Looking closely at effects created by writers; 2.4 Organising ideas in a sonnet; 2.5 Exploring free verse; 2.6 Exploring tone and mood; 2.7 Exploring voice; 2.8 Developing an informed personal response to a poem; Unit 3 Responding to prose; 3.1 Introducing prose; 3.2 Responding to how writers present characters; 3.3 Responding to theme; 3.4 Exploring setting and mood; 3.5 Exploring a first person narrative; 3.6 Exploring a third person narrative; 3.7 Developing an informed personal response to a short story; Unit 4 Responding to drama; 4.1 Exploring the ways in which dramatists portray characters; 4.2 Exploring language and effects; 4.3 Recapping a character from a drama set text; 4.4 Writing a critical essay on your chosen character; 4.5 Exploring language and structure; 4.6 Exploring themes in a drama set text; Unit 5 Writing skills; 5.1 Critical writing; 5.2 Approaching assessment; Glossary; Acknowledgements.

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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Unit 1 Approaching your course; Introduction; Support for your study; Unit 2 Responding to poetry; 2.1 Reading poems closely and exploring meanings; 2.2 Exploring imagery and sound; 2.3 Looking closely at effects created by writers; 2.4 Organising ideas in a sonnet; 2.5 Exploring free verse; 2.6 Exploring tone and mood; 2.7 Exploring voice; 2.8 Developing an informed personal response to a poem; Unit 3 Responding to prose; 3.1 Introducing prose; 3.2 Responding to how writers present characters; 3.3 Responding to theme; 3.4 Exploring setting and mood; 3.5 Exploring a first person narrative; 3.6 Exploring a third person narrative; 3.7 Developing an informed personal response to a short story; Unit 4 Responding to drama; 4.1 Exploring the ways in which dramatists portray characters; 4.2 Exploring language and effects; 4.3 Recapping a character from a drama set text; 4.4 Writing a critical essay on your chosen character; 4.5 Exploring language and structure; 4.6 Exploring themes in a drama set text; Unit 5 Writing skills; 5.1 Critical writing; 5.2 Approaching assessment; Glossary; Acknowledgements.

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• How to use this series; How to use this book; Unit 1 Approaching your course; Introduction; Support for your study; Unit 2 Responding to poetry; 2.1 Reading poems closely and exploring meanings; 2.2 Exploring imagery and sound; 2.3 Looking closely at effects created by writers; 2.4 Organising ideas in a sonnet; 2.5 Exploring free verse; 2.6 Exploring tone and mood; 2.7 Exploring voice; 2.8 Developing an informed personal response to a poem; Unit 3 Responding to prose; 3.1 Introducing prose; 3.2 Responding to how writers present characters; 3.3 Responding to theme; 3.4 Exploring setting and mood; 3.5 Exploring a first person narrative; 3.6 Exploring a third person narrative; 3.7 Developing an informed personal response to a short story; Unit 4 Responding to drama; 4.1 Exploring the ways in which dramatists portray characters; 4.2 Exploring language and effects; 4.3 Recapping a character from a drama set text; 4.4 Writing a critical essay on your chosen character; 4.5 Exploring language and structure; 4.6 Exploring themes in a drama set text; Unit 5 Writing skills; 5.1 Critical writing; 5.2 Approaching assessment; Glossary; Acknowledgements.