Possible truth depicted in the news item provided may be that a meeting was held at mmankweng hospital emerging hall. The possibility at the above may be depicted in the photo taken by Elijah mushiana. The photo shows a vehicle parked in front of the hall and masses flowing into the hall. The photo gives one the guts to believe that it is true that a meeting was really held at mankweng.
Again other truth which can be depicted from the news item provided may be that in the case of the meeting they also highlighted a news crew from sowetan expose did attend the meeting with base again the truth of saying a meeting was held can be classified as authentic.
Phrases carrying element of persuasion
The phrase carrying persuasion is the phrase “…the meeting was sparked sowetan exposed..” with this phrase, considering the word “sparked” try to put emphasis in our minds in persuading what they wrote is truth since they were to attend the meeting so they are also witness of the meeting.
More over the head of the story, so much persuasive “…HOSPITAL STUFF ON WARPATH..”. this phrase is persuading one to believe that there was chaos in the hospital staff members angry with their senior personnel to an extent of threatening to expel them.
Also the use of ambiguous words like “disgruntled” trying to provoke our minds indulging a picture in our minds or an imagination of what the situation was at mankweng hospital.
Purposes of discourse in the text
A discourse in its definition is expressing oneself eliciting a particular response from readers reality as clearly as possible. A discourse can be either persuasive or expressive in terms of its purposes. In this text, expressive discourse can be identified if one takes note of the words like “disgruntled” where the writer is trying to express how the stuff members were angry to their senior personnel.
More over persuasive discourse may be identified if one takes note of the