essay stan grant

Question 1

topic sentence

Answer 1

Truth is difficult to express and acknowledge

Question 2

1. “These are the things”

Answer 2

Repetition recognises difficulty of truth

alludes to truth as the “The things that tear at who we are”

Question 3

2. background info

Answer 3

emotional, subjective and deeply personal account

politically active indigenous man wioth a unique perspective of clashing ideologies in modern day Australia.

Question 4

3. “i have started this many times and stopped”

Answer 4

first person and conversational tone personalises experiences and emotions to create intimacy.

Question 5

“when i was young… still see it in my father

Answer 5

personal anecdoites in a patchwork linear structurte create an appral to pathos , targeting the emotions of the audience to convey the ‘truth’ in the way which grant wnats them to see

Question 6

“Together we make just 5% of the global population and 15% of global poverty.”

“Adam Goodes an indigenous footballer… was abused and humiliated.”

Answer 6

statistics and historical allusion legitimises by appealing to logos.