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Communication Studies Essay

Communication Studies Module 1 Essay

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I SECTIONA MODULE 1 ~ GATHERING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION. Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow. From Cubato Guyana, Trinidad to Antigua, the Caribbeanexhalesrumcultre. These are the Islands ofthe spirt'sbirt, andthe history ofrum-astory of sugar plantations, slavery, emancipation, ‘and ultimately intemational appreciation —shadowsour own, Some of us, following centuries ofrumbullionex; anything but white rum be used to make cocktails! Thi Comes to flavours and aromas, distillation techniques, bearemarkable storyteller. And these experts say no ‘the Mt Gay distillery has documentary eviden« Fum-maker~300 years old, andcounting, ‘posure, have become rum snobs—aghastshould 'srum élite, fearsomely knowledgeable when it and secrets of blending, also knowsthatrumcan Tum story is older than that of Barbados, where ce toback upits claim to be the world'soldest surviving Many historiansbelieve thisestimate tobe atouchconservative, creatéd long before. Nonetheless, the legal deed, dated 20 February 170: og-cared edges, isthe world’ soldestproofof rum production listing the estate atthe time: “two stone windmills... one boiling house with seve one still house.” pointing outthat Bajanrum was 3, complete with age-darkened, ‘equipment foundon the MtGay ‘coppers, onecuring house and iginally called Mt Gilbos, theestate comprised several separate plantationsin the northern Parish of St Luey; the name “Mt Gay” appeared later, to honour Sir John Gay Alleyne, an I8th-century aristocrat who managed the 280-acre estate untilhisdeath in 1801. Inthe Lothcentury, asthe plantation {When Ward purchased an Aeneas Coffey stil in the UK permitting asingle orcontinuous distillation process, as opposed the double distillation process ofthe pots he revolutionised the erideee, and duality of rum being produced. Shorly afterwards, Mt Gay moved its operations to Bridgetown, where therum producedat the disilery in StLucy was aged in Kentucky white-oak casks, Plended, and finally bottled. Today the Ward family continues to be involved cin Mt Gay Rum Distlleres, the majority interestia which was acquired by the Remy Cointreau Groupin 1989, Adapted from Dylan Kerrigan, “Rum Tales”, Caribbean Beat, No. 64, November/December 2003, Media and Editorial Projects, 2003, p. 25. (@) State the writer's main pointin no more than 30 words. (©) Write an essay of no more than 500 words in which you establish the writer's purpose, and reliatar On the strategies and language techniques used. In addition, briefly evaluate the ‘eliability ofthe information presentedin thisextract, 7 iv) [25 marks) - daub ~GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2.

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