7.1 Chris Rainier: Tsunami Eyewitness Account Flashcards
1
Q
“Is that Banda Aceh looks like Hiroshima after the atomic bomb”
A
- simple sentence
- geographical lexis
- comparing one disaster to another: one was natural and the other manmade
2
Q
“It’s day 15 [January 10, 2005]”
A
- linear structure
- numerical lexis
- emotionally detached
3
Q
Genre
A
eyewitness account
4
Q
Audience
A
- fans of Rainier
- readers of National Geographic
- casual readers
- educated readers
5
Q
Context
A
- his work was made more personal by his emotional engagement which stemmed from an experience in which a victim died in his arms
6
Q
Purpose
A
to elicit awareness of disaster and the aftermath, and call for action
7
Q
“Just cleaning up, picking up the bodies remains the biggest challenge”
A
- tautology
- emotive: people reduced to litter superlative
8
Q
“Probably something like a hundred thousand people - have been swept out to sea”
A
- vague language and hedges
- sibilance
- metaphor
- powerlessness of people and power of tsunami
9
Q
“We still see a lot of people with broken bones that have not received treatment. We see people with deep lacerations that have been covered with a dirty rag.”
A
- anaphora
- 1st person plural
- highlights lower class country
