Passage to africa

Question 1

Topic sentences for passage to africa

-the article highlights how much war can have an a… on people’s l…

-article a… to evoke s… from the reader by raising a… about the harsh b… of war

-the article explores j… responses to war … countries

Answer 1

-the article highlights how much war can have an effect on people’s lives

-article aims to evoke sympathy from the reader by raising awareness about the harsh brutality of war

-the article explores journalist responses to war torn countries

Question 2

Quotes for affect of war
Passage to Africa

Answer 2

“It was rotting, she was rotting”
-repetition⭐️
—>emphasises the physical decay
—>to intensify the horror of the image
—>forcing the reader to confront the reality of her condition
-anaphora⭐️
—>builds rhythm
—>reinforces her suffering
-pronoun⭐️
—>dehumanisation
—>reducing her to a decaying body part
—>reveals initial perception of the woman, but quickly reprimands himself and refers to her as “she”
-short, fragmented sentences⭐️
—>abrupt phrasing
—>mirrors shock and emotional rupture of moment

“I saw a thousand hungry, lean, scared and betrayed faces”
-hyperbole
-asyndetic listing
-climatic build