Transcript A Passage to Africa: Reverse TRAPPERS

Tuesday, 21 July 2015
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TRIPLETS
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES
POLLS AND STATISTICS
PERSONAL ANECDOTES
EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
REPETITION
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
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IN PAIRS, try to find as many of the TRAPPERS
devices as you can in “your” section.
Feed back to the group.
The question will always ask you to comment
on the effect of the device.
Consider what Alagiah is trying to achieve.
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Look at the passage as a whole
What stands out after the feedback as the
most obvious features of the writing?
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Why would you use emotive adverbs and
adjectives that describe death and decay in
your writing?
So what effect is Alagiah trying to create in
his by the use of this language?
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Vivid description of the world of the suffering
Somalis
Description and comment upon the attitude
of the journalists and viewers – not
necessarily complimentary
A feeling of helplessness but also of hope in
the least likely places.
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How does Alagiah use language to convey a
sense of suffering in this passage.
Submit on EDMODO as an assignment.