Using some metalanguage:
Ms Halleway recommends that all parents vaccinate their children
- she believes that vaccinations are the best form of protection for children and for the community as a whole
- (appeals) Appealing to health and wellbeing of the community (duty of care and responsibility), Ms Halleway believes that vaccinations are the best form of protection.
Evidence: Ms Halleway refers to the real-life documentary footage from Jabbed which depicts a polio sufferer (Jabbed);
- Underpinning her recommendation of vaccinations, is a reference to the documentary footage of Jabbed.
Emotive language: the author uses emotive language to depict the boy’s suffering.
- The emotive reference to the boy who was “crippled by polio” is designed to warn/unsettle all parents who are sceptical about the virtues of vaccination.
Attacking techniques:
- The author discredits / condemns/ decries the activists who “stubbornly cling to their misguided defence”:
- Obstinate; misguided; naïve
- Her shameful reference to the fact that they are “endangering the lives of many” is designed to jolt such people out of their sense of indifference.
- She uses scientific evidence (Britain); which she uses as a comparative basis…
Mr Tuckey
Mr Tuckey adopts a defensive tone to rationalise his opposition to vaccinations.
- Appealing to the rights of individuals, Mr Tuckey challenges the stereotype of the “hippy” by suggesting that they have good reasons for their opposition.
- Underpinning his defence, are references to the scientific research undertaken by Dr Jeffery.
- The anecdotal reference to children “who are … and not the day after” is designed to alarm those who have vaccinated their children.
- Mr Tuckey seeks to reassure all those who have not vaccinated by reminding them that exposure to “germs and dirt” can protect children from disease.
Writing comparative sentences
Whilst Ms Halleyway recommends vaccinations as the best form of protection, Mr Tuckey adamantly believes that vaccinations should be an individual choice.
Both authors use anecdotal and scientific evidence to support their contrasting stances; however whilst Ms Halleyway believes that the evidence proves an alarming level of pain for those who are not vaccinated, Mr Tuckey believes that children can become ill, even contract autism, as a consequence of a vaccination.
Return to Green Workbook: online study program and Exercises 15 – 17