Justice - short answer questions
Part One: Short Answers
1. What is the primary and secondary purpose of the website?
The primary purpose of the Justice and Police Museum website is to inform viewers about the history of Australia’s justice system, police force and criminal past. This site also provides information about the location, admission prices and things to do as well as certain things people can learn about such as forensics and notable figures in historical Australian crime.
The secondary purpose of this website is to persuade viewers to want to visit the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney. This website provides enough information and visual imagery that will most likely encourage and influence people to visit the museum as well as gain an idea of what is to be expected.
2. Explain how the use of language on the website aids in achieving the text’s primary purpose.
The use of language on this website aids in achieving the text’s primary purpose as it is efficiently communicated, informative and easy to understand.
Rhetorical questions are displayed on the website with things asked such as “How amazing are Dana Keller's colour-enhanced edits of black and white mug shots” and “They say that clothes make the man or woman – especially for those in uniform. What were Sydney’s police officers wearing in the 1890s?” These two rhetorical questions persuade us to want to view the visual content on the website as well as give us a desire to read more.
Personification has been used in a number of ways throughout this website. An example would include “In a city that’s grown out from the harbour, the waterfront has always hummed with adventure and misadventure.” The effect of this would emphasize the events which have taken place around Sydney Harbour overtime. Because this is a familiar setting, it would aid towards the primary purpose of visitors wanting to read more in relation to Australia’s criminal history and justice system.
Cumulative listing is used with examples including “crooks
1. What is the primary and secondary purpose of the website?
The primary purpose of the Justice and Police Museum website is to inform viewers about the history of Australia’s justice system, police force and criminal past. This site also provides information about the location, admission prices and things to do as well as certain things people can learn about such as forensics and notable figures in historical Australian crime.
The secondary purpose of this website is to persuade viewers to want to visit the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney. This website provides enough information and visual imagery that will most likely encourage and influence people to visit the museum as well as gain an idea of what is to be expected.
2. Explain how the use of language on the website aids in achieving the text’s primary purpose.
The use of language on this website aids in achieving the text’s primary purpose as it is efficiently communicated, informative and easy to understand.
Rhetorical questions are displayed on the website with things asked such as “How amazing are Dana Keller's colour-enhanced edits of black and white mug shots” and “They say that clothes make the man or woman – especially for those in uniform. What were Sydney’s police officers wearing in the 1890s?” These two rhetorical questions persuade us to want to view the visual content on the website as well as give us a desire to read more.
Personification has been used in a number of ways throughout this website. An example would include “In a city that’s grown out from the harbour, the waterfront has always hummed with adventure and misadventure.” The effect of this would emphasize the events which have taken place around Sydney Harbour overtime. Because this is a familiar setting, it would aid towards the primary purpose of visitors wanting to read more in relation to Australia’s criminal history and justice system.
Cumulative listing is used with examples including “crooks