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Look at the headline for another article. What sort of article do you expect to read? Read the article and check your prediction.


As our government panics about ‘global warming’, our economy sinks without a trace


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ur coal industry is dead and our oil and gas sectors are dying, strangled by miles of ‘environmental’ red tape. But the


truth is that all these crazy regulations are helping nobody but foreign companies who are able to undercut our businesses. Essentially, our national economy is being destroyed on a whim. I mean, what are all these rules for? To save the planet? How ridiculous. A couple of hot summer days and the ‘experts’ will claim the end of the world is coming. Yet any meteorologist will explain that the weather is always changing and the occasional heatwave is entirely natural. Despite this, our newspapers and televisions are full of barmy old ‘climate change professors’ trying to panic the public with no evidence to support their claims. Yes, they show us graphs and maps and tell us the seas are rising and the ice caps are melting, but none of their wild predictions seem to come true!


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The fact is the average person doesn’t care if temperatures rise by a degree or two. As normal, hard-working people, we just want homes, jobs and a good education for our children. We want our government to support national industries and not tie them up with silly regulations. So let’s ignore the ‘eco-warriors’ and the scaremongers and focus on getting our economy back on track.


Look at the language used in the article and underline any examples of:


a strong language that creates a negative emotional reaction in the reader


b scare quotes c the author’s use of similar words with different implications d the author trying to identify with the readers.


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a Look for an article that supports one of the statements in 1. b Evaluate the credibility of the article. c Read the article carefully and critically for examples of bias. d Discuss your article with the class.


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STUDY SKILLS: Knowing your sources See page 84➝


In small groups. Research an article by following the instructions.


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Century • Unit 5


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