Climate change: The facts Flashcards
1
Q
what was the purpose?
A
To inform, warn and persuade
2
Q
The writer uses key questions to structure the article, in the clearest order, answering the most basic question first - catering to the reader
A
- ‘What is global warming?’
- ‘… really caused by humans?’
3
Q
The writer uses straightforward, direct language to make the explanations clear
A
- ‘No. CO2 is just one of a number of greenhouse gases’
- ‘Livestock farming (farting cows) and paddy farming (rotting vegetation) - accessible and humorous
- easily understood
4
Q
The writer uses facts and statistics, and quotes scientific sources as evidence for the points
A
- ‘average global temp will have risen between 2.5 degrees ‘
- ‘greenhous gases’
- ‘rank among the warmest years’
5
Q
The writer uses scientific terms sparingly and usually tries to explain them
However also uses complicated scientific language to make points more clear
A
- ‘greenhouse gases’
- what ‘global warming’ is
- aimed at the general reader, not specialist
- sentences are usually simple and to the point
- ‘methane clathrate’
- ‘scientists at Mauna Loa’
6
Q
Uses colloquial phrasing to enhance the impact of the article
A
- ‘political hot potato’
- ‘methane has a sting in the tail’
- ‘doesn’t mean we ll be sitting in deck chairs’
7
Q
The writer uses a wide variety of sentences to sustain interest
A
- some very short ‘Unfortunately not.’
- use of hyphens
