We shouldn’t be shocked by public apathy
- Go through the article and number the paragraphs.
- Look at the source of this article. What does it say about the target readership?
- Identify the contrasting words in the headline.
- The opening paragraph makes use of 2 contrasts. Identify and quote these.
- It also makes use of a striking short sentence embedded in the centre of the paragraph. What is the sentence and what is its impact?
- Find a similar sentence, similarly placed and doing the same job, in paragraph 2.
- There is a tripartite construction in paragraph 2 – “…their income…their health…the education of their children.” Identify and quote the tripartite construction in paragraph 3.
- In paragraph 3 “now” is contrasted with “the future” A sense of the gathering speed with which the world is moving into that future is generated by “surer every week” and “coming sooner than we thought.”
- There’s some alliteration in the final paragraph, banging home the point that there is an alarm which needs sounding.
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