MagnaSoles 2005 - Introduction

Question 1

introduction

Answer 1

• the following article is a mock press release from “The Onion,” a publication devoted to humor…

Question 2

style

Answer 2

• harnesses the power of magnetism to properly align the biomagnetic field (scientific sounding word choices)
• establishes a correspondence between every point on the human foot (hyperbole)
• are clamoring for the exciting new MagnaSoles shoe inserts (descriptive word choice)
• just try to prove that MagnaSoles didn’t heal me (satirical negatives)
• the resultant harmonic energy field rearranges the foot’s naturally occurring atoms, converting (scientific sounding word choices)
• Contour Points TM, (fake trademarks)
• according to scientific-sounding literature trumpeting the new insoles (irony)
• stressed and sore-footed americans (alliteration)

Question 3

speaker

Answer 3

• said Dr. Wayne Frankel, the California State University biotrician who discovered Terranometry (satirical ethos)
• the following article is a mock press release from “The Onion,” a publication devoted to humor…

Question 4

purpose

Answer 4

• a publication devoted to humor and satire

Question 5

occasion

Answer 5

• the following article is a mock press release from “The Onion”
• practiced in the Occident for over eleven years

Question 6

tone

Answer 6

• “brand-new”, “cutting-edge” form of pseudoscience (excited)

Question 7

warning

Answer 7

• read the article carefully