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Critical Analysis. Exercise 1. Analysis exercise 1. You will be given an article that you must analyse from the point of view of both “ authority of the writer ” and “ language and style. ”. Steps. First, make a list of observations on the article based on the factors below.
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Critical Analysis Exercise 1
Analysis exercise 1 You will be given an article that you must analyse from the point of view of both “authority of the writer” and “language and style.”
Steps First, make a list of observations on the article based on the factors below. Secondly, write an introduction, 2 paragraphs and a conclusion based on these observations and critically analyse the article overall.
Authority of the writer Political motivations Education Cultural (national culture, family upbringing) Bias-Status, origin, race, gender, religion Age Morality Work experience Date of writing Respect-personal referees Citations
Language and style • Proficiency • Range of vocabulary used • Creativity • Convention followed • Directness • Negative or positive tones • Clarity of language – dumbed down for the audience, or vice-versa? • Ease of understandability