1. The boy and girl meet at a party.

2. The girl has too much to drink

3. She has met a boy at the party.

4. He talks all about his interests – football and boxing.

5. He is all over her at the party

6. He leads her away from the party down to the docks.

7. He seduces her in a deserted area

8. Three months later she discovers she is pregnant.

9. She blames the stories in her magazines for misleading her.

10. She remembers how the stories in her magazines were full of meeting boys and romance.

11. She tears the magazines to shreds in despair.

12. She thinks back to her happy childhood.

13. She thinks about all the fun she will now have to miss out on.

14. She feels as though anything would be better than to be pregnant.
She worries about how other people will judge her.

15. Revision Planning: Key Themes of the poem
The consequences of teenage pregnancy
Romance dreams and reality
The consequences of teenage drinking
Dreams for the future and how they can quickly change
Attitudes to teenagers and their treatment by society.

16. Revision Planning: Structure
16 verses
Each verse 4 lines
Rhyme scheme (see rhyme scheme)
Very regular, very planned: contrasts with content which becomes chaotic and shows her frustration and rage.
Enjambement – see punctuation

17. Revision Planning: Changing tones
First two verses: slightly menacing, disrespectful of girl
3-8 romantic and a sense of excitement and hope
Abrupt change in 9 to despair
10 change to frustration and rage
11 and 12 disappointment and bitterness
13 nostalgic
14 disappointment and bitterness
15 and 16 anger and resentment

18. Language
How does the language help to convey the idea you are talking about?
Word choice
Imagery
Punctuation - enjambment the deliberate running over of lines. Normally used to link things together.

19. Title ‘The Seduction’ Connotations
Difference between connotations and reality.

20. Rhyme Scheme What is the significance of the rhyme scheme?
Overall planning of scheme.
Any changes? Why is that?
Some internal rhyme. What do they draw attention to?
“not unlike a ballad” what is the significance of being like a ballad?
Assonance- with shoes

21. Shoes Magazines Symbolism
“Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.”
Shoes
Magazines

22. Essay Task
2015. Q. 6 Choose a poem which makes you think more deeply about an aspect of life. By referring to poetic techniques, show how the poet explores this aspect of life.

23. Essay Task
2015. Q. 6 Choose a poem which makes you think more deeply about an aspect of life. By referring to poetic techniques, show how the poet explores this aspect of life.

24. Essay Planning Introduction Body section 1 Body section 2
Conclusion

25. Essay Planning What aspect of life did you think about?
What different points about this aspect of life does she make us think about?
How does the poet make us think about it?

26. Essay Planning
Remember we are doing this to remind you what a critical essay should be like.
We will go through it in detail.
However, you need to practise so that you can do this quickly.
You need to be able to plan in under 5 minutes.
You need to practise so that you can do this quickly.

27. Essay Planning Introduction
Body Section main idea = how easy to make mistake and get pregnant
Body Section 2 – main idea = initial reaction and lost dreams
Body section 3 – main idea = how many pregnant teenagers feel despair and judged.
Conclusion

28. Introduction
TART
Title
Author
Response
Task

29. TART Introduction Title: ‘The Seduction’ Author: Eileen McCauley
Response: your reaction to the text and task
Task: your re-working of the essay question.

30. Body section 1 Topic sentence. This must relate to task.
Point must relate to task
Evidence = a quotation from the poem to prove your point
Explain. Analyse the quotation and show how it proves your point
Link back to task