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Analyse how text A uses language to create meanings and representations
Text A, written by The Metro and Will Giles, is a written, online newspaper article discussing the subject of sport and running. The article informally registers the event of the female Jamacian runner "sprinting" in the wrong lane next to her. The article's purpose is to inform their audience, commuters and people who are interested in sport, about the subject but also the informal tone gives it an entertainment quality.
In the first paragraph (or sub heading) Giles uses a complex sentence and triadic structure on contextual information. He mentions the runner's age and amount of medals she has won so far in her career. For example: "...33 years old, has won 19 Olympic... medals..." The statistics used here suggests that Campbell-Brown is athlete who has been in the sporting industry for a while. The reason that these statistics are used is to gives context, but also to show that someone has experienced as her shouldn't be making mistakes like this. It also justifies the original argument, and helps back their point made at the beginning.
There's a lot of interesting graphology used throughout the text that helps the author get his point across more clearly. For example, the uppercase letters used in the second paragraph "...RUN IN THE WRONG LANE...", helps to emphasise subject and the perceived severity of the "offence". The adjective "wrong" further shows how someone with this many years of experience in running shouldn't be making mistakes like this, and also how Campbell-Brown is in the "wrong".
Throughout the text there's repetition of the active verb"impede", and there's also a lot of sporting jargon in some of the paragraphs. The active verb emphasises obstruction and repeatedly paints this negative picture of the race, and highlights the mistake of Campbell-Brown. The jargon used; "heat", "IAAF", "kerb", "line making" and "steeplechase", is there to reinforce the audience of the article, as they are lexis that sporting fans would understand and engage with 100%.
Analyse how text A uses language to create meanings and representations
Text A, written by The Metro and Will Giles, is a written, online newspaper article discussing the subject of sport and running. The article informally registers the event of the female Jamacian runner "sprinting" in the wrong lane next to her. The article's purpose is to inform their audience, commuters and people who are interested in sport, about the subject but also the informal tone gives it an entertainment quality.
In the first paragraph (or sub heading) Giles uses a complex sentence and triadic structure on contextual information. He mentions the runner's age and amount of medals she has won so far in her career. For example: "...33 years old, has won 19 Olympic... medals..." The statistics used here suggests that Campbell-Brown is athlete who has been in the sporting industry for a while. The reason that these statistics are used is to gives context, but also to show that someone has experienced as her shouldn't be making mistakes like this. It also justifies the original argument, and helps back their point made at the beginning.
There's a lot of interesting graphology used throughout the text that helps the author get his point across more clearly. For example, the uppercase letters used in the second paragraph "...RUN IN THE WRONG LANE...", helps to emphasise subject and the perceived severity of the "offence". The adjective "wrong" further shows how someone with this many years of experience in running shouldn't be making mistakes like this, and also how Campbell-Brown is in the "wrong".
Throughout the text there's repetition of the active verb"impede", and there's also a lot of sporting jargon in some of the paragraphs. The active verb emphasises obstruction and repeatedly paints this negative picture of the race, and highlights the mistake of Campbell-Brown. The jargon used; "heat", "IAAF", "kerb", "line making" and "steeplechase", is there to reinforce the audience of the article, as they are lexis that sporting fans would understand and engage with 100%.
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