Exercises 9 and 10: Practise your analytical vocabulary
Pete Peevish
Words to learn: annoyed, angry; frustrated; flabbergasted; incredulous tone; dumbfounded;
- Adopting a questioning tone, Pete expresses his dismay at the teenagers’ access to fast cars.
- Pete adopts an incredulous tone to question why the kids are allowed to drive high-powered cars.
- Pete refers to his own personal experience as a driver of a Datsun 120Y: he uses this example to prove his point that young kids should not have access to fast cars.
Catherine Macher, p. 16
- Catherine is incensed that parents condone the addictive nature of arcade games.
- Catherine’s tone is shocked and dismayed at parents’ lack of responsibility.
- Adopting an incredulous tone, Catherine cannot believe that parents would permit/allow their children to use the machines. (Catherine is alarmed at what she believes is a lack of parental responsibility.)
- Condone; Catherine cannot believe that parents would condone (overlook; excuse) such use of the arcade games.
- Catherine’s question, “who should take responsibility?” encourages parents to reflect upon their own responsibilities and the addictive nature of the machines. (hotel owners should also take some responsibility)
Exercise 10, Cleaning up Graffiti
- The author is annoyed/angry/incensed/dismayed at the graffiti work – because it costs “taxpayers’ money” to clean it up.
- The author refers to evidence/statistics relating to the amount of money spent trying to clean up the graffiti. He/She seeks to provoke anger among members of the public at the waste of money.
- She seeks to shame the artists because of the diversion of funds. She believes that the money should be better spent.
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