Summary Of Why Are We Behaving Like Water Wally's All Over Again
Analytical Essay 'Why are we behaving like water Wally's all over again?'
The article 'Why are we behaving like Water Wally's all over again' is an article written by Shane Green for The Age newspaper. It was published on the 26th of January 2013 and its main contention is to warn us about what will happen if we continue to waste water on a daily basis. It was written to notify us that apart from waiting for it to rain, we are doing almost nothing to save ourselves from getting back into a drought. We have a desalination plant but the Brumby government refuses to switch it on. This article was written to persuade us to share the authors views on this subject, and by using particular language techniques, he has managed to do so. Techniques such as rhetorical questions, inclusive language and evidence were all used to persuade us. …show more content…
The author uses rhetorical questions from the very start; with the title and first sentence encompassing them. When the author asks whether 'it will ever be like the plentiful old days when water was a friend? Do others feel the same?' It makes the reader feel the need to read the rest of the article to discover the answer to that question, or at least, what the author thinks of the question. Rhetorical questions conclude statements that the author is trying to convey, such as 'Could it be so long that the water has forgotten to
The article 'Why are we behaving like Water Wally's all over again' is an article written by Shane Green for The Age newspaper. It was published on the 26th of January 2013 and its main contention is to warn us about what will happen if we continue to waste water on a daily basis. It was written to notify us that apart from waiting for it to rain, we are doing almost nothing to save ourselves from getting back into a drought. We have a desalination plant but the Brumby government refuses to switch it on. This article was written to persuade us to share the authors views on this subject, and by using particular language techniques, he has managed to do so. Techniques such as rhetorical questions, inclusive language and evidence were all used to persuade us. …show more content…
The author uses rhetorical questions from the very start; with the title and first sentence encompassing them. When the author asks whether 'it will ever be like the plentiful old days when water was a friend? Do others feel the same?' It makes the reader feel the need to read the rest of the article to discover the answer to that question, or at least, what the author thinks of the question. Rhetorical questions conclude statements that the author is trying to convey, such as 'Could it be so long that the water has forgotten to