Al-Sayed's Article Analysis
In Al-Sayed's article, repetition is widely used as the writer is a non-native of English. For instance, "building materials" is repeated around seven times in paragraphs: 1, 3, 7, 11, 16, 17, as it is the name and the topic of the article. What is more, the verb 'open' is repeated along with 'crossings' in paragraph 4, 7, 17, 19 revealing the importance of this action in the 'reconstruction' which is repeated for nine times. Moreover, 'peace' is repeated seven times for its importance to Gaza, as peace is their own need for now. Furthermore, the words 'home,' 'house' are only repeated for twice which reveals the misery of the Palestinian nation. On the other hand, Gunness's article repetition is used not as much as in Al-Sayed's article. The
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For instance, 'dead' with its incompatible opposite 'alive' in paragraph 3, and 'death' paragraph 2 with its incompatible opposite 'life' paragraph 4 which shows how people suffer till their death. Moreover, the binary opposites in 'past' and 'future' in paragraph 8 show how the war robbed from the Palestinian families everything even their lives. Furthermore, the binary opposites in 'natural' and 'man-made' states the fact that the condition Gaza reaches is made by Israel no one else. Finally, 'imports' with its converse 'exports' in paragraph 19 are revealing how the blockade stops all the ways that lead to and enable economic …show more content…
For instance, in paragraph 2 the writer tends to state the place 'Beit Hanoun' where the family lives in with its meronymy 'Gaza' to make the reader see and feel the place. Moreover, in discussing the issue that a lot of children die out of the cold weather, as they have no home to live in and feel secure, the writer uses 'husband' and 'children' in paragraph 4 which are the meronymy of 'family.' That's to state the condition of every member in the family and that they are get affected by what happens around them. Furthermore, in paragraph 16 'classrooms' and 'playgrounds' are used with their meronymy 'schools' to describe how the children are tortured on their own land and how the place where they have to play and to learn has been a place to die
For instance, 'dead' with its incompatible opposite 'alive' in paragraph 3, and 'death' paragraph 2 with its incompatible opposite 'life' paragraph 4 which shows how people suffer till their death. Moreover, the binary opposites in 'past' and 'future' in paragraph 8 show how the war robbed from the Palestinian families everything even their lives. Furthermore, the binary opposites in 'natural' and 'man-made' states the fact that the condition Gaza reaches is made by Israel no one else. Finally, 'imports' with its converse 'exports' in paragraph 19 are revealing how the blockade stops all the ways that lead to and enable economic …show more content…
For instance, in paragraph 2 the writer tends to state the place 'Beit Hanoun' where the family lives in with its meronymy 'Gaza' to make the reader see and feel the place. Moreover, in discussing the issue that a lot of children die out of the cold weather, as they have no home to live in and feel secure, the writer uses 'husband' and 'children' in paragraph 4 which are the meronymy of 'family.' That's to state the condition of every member in the family and that they are get affected by what happens around them. Furthermore, in paragraph 16 'classrooms' and 'playgrounds' are used with their meronymy 'schools' to describe how the children are tortured on their own land and how the place where they have to play and to learn has been a place to die