Georgie Thring
Death, injury and heartache. These are just some of the aching consequences associated with mixing drinking with driving. On November the 8th 2012, the Herald sun newspaper published an article informing us all on another innocent teens life, Georgie Thring’s, being taken on our roads due to yet another careless and easily preventable act. As the Herald Sun is adapted for a general audience, it stresses the importance of people of all ages taking action to reduce the prevalence of drink driving, and related accidents. The article, being written in a forceful and upfront tone elucidates the importance of adults ensuring education on drink driving to adolescences.
Imagery. Its visually descriptive and figurative language. It’s also a key part in persuasive writing. The harsh reality of young Georgie Thring placed over the car accident that killed her is an example of imagery. Seeing the two horrific images side by show the reader the evidence. It makes them take a minute to ruminate on the fact that a girl’s life was taken, and many more have been, and will continue to be. It makes them realise that education on the topic needs to be a priority for everyone towards young people, proving the authors inceptive contention true.
The main defence addressed in the article is educating young people about drink driving. The author of the article uses alliteration by stating that “Parents” and “Police” both need to take action in educating the youth of Australia on drink driving. This attracts the reader as it places an emphasis on the topic as well as it being easier for the reader to remember. Another technique used by the author is statistics. Statistics provide a strong argument, as you can’t argue with them. For example when stating that the driver having been “driving at 132km/h in a 70km/h area” shows that there was no other party at fault, it was the driver, being under the influence, that caused this fatal crash to occur.
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Imagery. Its visually descriptive and figurative language. It’s also a key part in persuasive writing. The harsh reality of young Georgie Thring placed over the car accident that killed her is an example of imagery. Seeing the two horrific images side by show the reader the evidence. It makes them take a minute to ruminate on the fact that a girl’s life was taken, and many more have been, and will continue to be. It makes them realise that education on the topic needs to be a priority for everyone towards young people, proving the authors inceptive contention true.
The main defence addressed in the article is educating young people about drink driving. The author of the article uses alliteration by stating that “Parents” and “Police” both need to take action in educating the youth of Australia on drink driving. This attracts the reader as it places an emphasis on the topic as well as it being easier for the reader to remember. Another technique used by the author is statistics. Statistics provide a strong argument, as you can’t argue with them. For example when stating that the driver having been “driving at 132km/h in a 70km/h area” shows that there was no other party at fault, it was the driver, being under the influence, that caused this fatal crash to occur.
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