explorers or boys messing about either way, taxpayer gets rescue bills by steven morris

text type

newspaper article adapted from the gaurdian

themes and emotions

• repect

• nuisance

• recklessness

• immaturity

• infantile

• informative

• factual

beginning

there is a criticle tone from the writer, steven morris. as well as having a very disapproving tone he considers how the expidition cost the taxpayers thousands

middle

the tone shifts to factual about the men’s qualifications nd previous experience which develps into disbeleif about how th event could have gone wrong

end

morris is criticle about their wives’ atitudes which are dissmissive and calls them boys messing about with a helicopter

key quotes

“plucked” cartoon like imagery , showing they are useless and helpless aims to embarrass them

“taxpayers of Britain and Chile rebs of thousands of pounds” negative tone ambiguity emphasis on their recklessness and stupidity

“the drama began” fantasy adventure gone wrong, allusion to 007

“dispatched its two lynx helicopters” expert diction

talk about use of temporal markers

“mr smith claims to have been flying from the age of five”sarcastic tone that discredits his ability to fly

“it is not the first time they have hit the headlines for the worng reasons”

“theyll probably have their bottoms kicked and be sent home the long way”