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Here is a link to a useful powerpoint on persuasive/discursive writing. It details how to develop ideas for a topic, then it gives you lots of help with writing techniques. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiD366ct7_UAhVLBMAKHSETDg4QFggoMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdallison1983.edublogs.org%2Ffiles%2F2014%2F09%2FNational-5-persuasive-essay-2lxnmpp.ppt&usg=AFQjCNEoqy-vooHY5R-4T9UM00ZqPHQe-w&sig2=NTkNCs_na6dvY0AGH6gw1A If you do your own internet search, there are lots more materials available.

Hotel Room, 12 th Floor   This morning I watched from here a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect the Empire State Building, that jumbo sized dentist’s drill, and landing 5           on the roof of the Pan Am skyscraper. But now midnight has come in from foreign places. Its uncivilised darkness is shot at by a million lit windows, all ups and acrosses.   10         But midnight is not so easily defeated. I lie in bed, between a radio and a television set, and hear the wildest of warwhoops continually ululating through the glittering canyons and gulches – 15         police cars and ambulances racing to the broken bones, the harsh screaming from coldwater flats, the blood glazed on sidewalks.   The frontier is never 20         somewhere else. And no stockades can keep the midnight out.   Norman MacCaig

Black and white film titles. ‘Gran Torino’ theme is played slowly and mournfully on electric guitar and piano. Sounds of birdsong, daylight, long shot of chapel, cars parked outside, church music played on organ. Volume of music increases. Interior, low angle shot of organist, stained glass behind. High angle shot of congregation crowded at front of church. A coffin sits before altar. Tracking shot follows old man as he walks past coffin and photograph of elderly woman. As camera continues to track with old man, he talks to taller, serious-looking, suited man (Walt Kowalksi / Clint Eastwood) who is standing beside the coffin.   OLDER MAN       I'm real sorry about Dorothy, Walt. She was a real peach.   Reverse shot of man almost from Walt’s POV                                            WALT            Thanks for coming, Al.   There is another low angle shot of Walt, which makes him look imposing. He is looking serious. It is his wife’s f

Who are you?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMGflOYAEG0 Get off my lawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJPmAKcDQw Thao works for Walt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ay1Iw-FvWI Spooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdIKlXl3ZA Where the hell is Hmong anyway?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxkHSJQYbB4 Chat about Gran Torino and work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Y_WjeU3Oc Beating   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Tpw1ICJEc Confession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FNHxEOjKVc Locked in basement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-TS_85-Kwo Sacrifice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQN-3p2HqPA Final sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJLbR9TEMD8

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/                         - IMDB https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gran_torino/         - Rotten Tomatoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ecW-d-CBPc     - trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1MCAHSHXS8  - opening sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQN-3p2HqPA    - 'sacrifice' sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJLbR9TEMD8    - final sequence There are plenty more clips available to view on YouTube.

The following item gives an account of the development of the character of Walt Kowalski in 'Gran Torino'. Reading it may be useful in understanding the sorts of things you could explain in a critical essay. Also, the development of the character of Walt is important in the film, because it goes hand in hand with the development of his relationship with Thao and the development of the theme of respect. Clearly, since this is taken from the internet, it cannot be copied. This would be plagiarism.. A film in which there is a character who becomes a hero is ‘Gran Torino’, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The story is set in modern day Detroit, where the central character, Walt Kowalski, a retired car plant worker and Korean War veteran, struggles to come to terms with the changes in his community. In particular, the plot revolves around his unlikely friendship with Thao, a teenage boy from a Hmong immigrant family. The first time we see Walt is a close up of his a

Below is an example of how someone wrote about 'Gran Torino'. It is an old essay, it answers a specific question, it does not use the PEAR paragraph and it is also very long - you only have forty-five minutes - nonetheless, it may be useful to have a look at it, to get some ideas. Remember that, because this essay appears on the internet, copying it is plagiarism. . Choose a scene or sequence from a film which is particularly dramatic. Describe what happens in the scene or sequence, explaining how the film makers effectively use techniques to create drama. A film in which there is a particularly dramatic sequence is ‘Gran Torino’, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The story is set in modern day Detroit, where the central character, Walt Kowalski, a retired car plant worker and Korean War veteran, struggles to come to terms with the changes in his community. In particular, the plot revolves around his unlikely friendship with Thao, a teenage boy from a Hmong im

Evening – It is dark. Low level shot of gang’s flats. Virtually Walt’s point of view. Reverse shot of Walt approaching flats. Sound of crickets, dog barking and people within buildings. Closer shot of flats. Blind moves. Smokie exits door to top of steps, followed by Spider. Smokie and Spider’s point of view shot of Walt.             WALT            Any swamp rats in there? Long shot from behind Walt           SMOKIE           I didn’t think your ass would have came...           WALT           Shut up, gook!   Medium shot of Smokie and Spider Low angled long shot of Walt. Reverse shot – another door opens. Back to low angle reverse shot of Walt.                      WALT           I got nothing to say to you, shrimp d**k midget like you.   Walt’s point of view of Smokie and Spider. Spider pulls his PISTOL. Shot of someone watching from shadows of a balcony. Low angle long shot of Walt.             WALT           Yeah, yeah. Watch out for your boyfriend