� Look closely at the headline and the photo. TASK: In what way do the headline and the picture provide contrasting images of the festival?
� This contrast is reinforced in paragraph 1. TASK: Identify the phrase which reinforces this contrast.
� Paragraph 3 & 4 make use of statistics. TASK: What statistics and to what effect?
� Paragraph 5 uses the phrase �initially relieved�, with the word initially setting up the expectation that this relief did not last. TASK: What phrase is used to contrast with �initially relieved� and signal the crisis? Do you think that �pounded� personifies the rain? Why/why not?
� Paragraph 6 & 7 makes use of anecdote, contrasting with and adding to the use of statistics. TASK: What is the effect of the anecdote?
� Paragraph 8 brings together the negative and positive elements introduced in the headline and photo. TASK: Find one negative and one positive phrase.
Where I live - Somerset
I confess to having little to say on this, but here goes�
� It�s a website (!)
� It�s of local interest. TASK: Identify the features which make it clear that this is targeting a local, not a national audience.
� The use of the abbreviation Glasto could be seen as an attempt to be cool and �hip� (ouch) as could the inappropriately placed exclamation mark in the subhead.
� There�s an attempt at dramatic language in �deluge� and �rushed�.
� There is an eyewitness account from a reputable source.
I�m sorry to be failing you on this one, but it�s all a bit �so what?� really.
