From a Passage to Africa by George Alagiah How effective is George Alagiah when presenting the suffering of the people of Gufgaduud? In the extract‚ ‘A Passage to Africa‚’ George Alagiah appeals to the readers emotions through his sensitive writing style and insightful presentation of facts. He takes us on a roller coaster of emotions and allowing us to empathize with the difficulties faced by the poor. He uses effective language that creates as impact on the readers mine which portrays the harsh
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and professional sports are racist and stereotypical and that they need to be removed. When Shakely wrote this article it was intended for college and professional sports team owners and fans in the United States‚ so he started the article with an anecdote to try to create emotion and make the reader change the way he/she feels about the issue. The context of his argument is cultural and social as it includes the Native American culture and the college and professional sports society. It serves the
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He uses anecdote to prove that the way that he was living life in college was not the life that he was expecting to live. He decided to go to a liberal arts school and that’s when he received a culture shock‚ “I was a reasonably good-natured kid from a modest Catholic household when I showed up to my liberal arts campus.” He had to adapt to his surroundings and become a new person other than being a white male. With this anecdote it shows that Hanlon did not let his conservative
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the LGBT+ organizations on her college campus at age 19‚ she “researches” homosexuality in a strictly solitary way before putting what she feels into practice. For her‚ it is necessary to immerse herself theoretically through books‚ letters‚ and anecdotes – whether this applies to her sexuality‚ her parents’ past relationship‚ and her father’s childhood - before confronting these subjects head-on. She name-checks several works of literature which were instrumental to her growth of identity as a lesbian-
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Alliteration This repetition of consonants at the start of words is usually found in headlines. It can be used to add humour‚ create a dramatic effect‚ or help a particular idea to stay in the audience’s mind. Anecdotes Personal stories are always more engaging for the reader‚ listener or viewer. Anecdotes are effective because they give the writer or speaker more authority. We think they must know what they are talking about. Asking rhetorical questions These questions do not require an answer; they merely
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creature now knew death.” These two examples show how greatly the sentence structure differs in both parts of this metaphor. Accompanying the sentence structure is the metaphor itself. The moth is physically dying‚ which Woolf depicts within this anecdote. She describes it as it tries to overcome its fate‚ which is futile. “After perhaps a seventh attempt he slipped from the wooden ledge and fell‚ fluttering his wings‚ on to his back on the window sill…It flashed upon me that he was in difficulties;
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impossible princesses‚ real girls fight back’‚ (The Age 19/01/2008)‚ Jill Starks presents that the media does not present realistic images of woman in the media. In a discrediting tone she persuades the reader by firstly having a visual as well as anecdotes and real people’s experiences. The first thing Jill says in this article is attacking the media for what they are doing. She is fed up with emaciated models pushing the readers to be thin‚ sexy and silent; However now the girls a fighting back. With
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main idea to support his argument with anecdotes of examples in real-life and in science. Also‚ the diction Gladwell uses in his writing enhances his argument by showing formality through writing in standard English. He also uses some psychological jargon in the scientific and the marketing examples to prove to his audience that he is intelligent‚ and he knows what he is talking about. Blink tells several stories about first impressions. The first anecdote explains the story of a fake Ancient Greek
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according to society‚ is classified as “broken” or “failed” (Kingsolver 7). She begins her essay with an anecdote of a child scoring a winning goal during a soccer game; the child looking at the bleachers‚ where he is praised by his mother and her friends – Kingsolver included‚ his brother‚ his father and stepmother‚ a stepbrother and stepsister‚ and a grandparent. Kingsolver follows the anecdote with a threat: “I dare anybody to call this a broken home” (Kingsolver 1). This statement clearly exposes
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Issue(s) Summary of main concern(s) of the article Points of view Perspectives of the people concerned (give at least 2 perspectives) Consequences Possible negative & positive effects of the issue(s) Evidence / Data Statistics‚ examples‚ anecdotes‚ etc. Vocabulary Useful words & phrases related to the issue Personal Opinion Your personal view on the issue Sample Review Name & index no. Jean Grey (10) Class 3S4 Topic(s) Food & Health‚ Media Title of article 14 F&B
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