Part of a three-volume series of compact English textbooks for GCSE studies, this book covers the major areas of the GCSE examination. It contains clear explanations and advice for study, many examples and varied exercises and coursework opportunities.;This volume contains a wide variety of writing which is presented as a basis for examination and analysis, such as advertisements, newspaper reports and editorials, letters, extracts from novels and plays, travel brochures, information leaflets and official documents. Advice is given on, and practice provided in, the development of skills necessary to respond to and evaluate all types of writing.;The book has been divided into two parts. The first section deals with matters that affect an understanding of all writing, while the second section examines specific examples. Some of the work is designed to produce a written response, but much of it can be undertaken orally.