Explorers or boys messing about Flashcards
What device is ‘explorers or boys messing about’
Rhetorical qhestion mocking them, asking reader to consider if that are being irresponsible
What could you infer from the word ‘farce’
The writer is mocking them for being clowns and implies expedition is ridiculous
What device is ‘Royal Navy’ ‘RAF’ ‘British coastguards
Listing the writer implies that the scale of the rescue was disproportionate for 2 men
What device is ‘tens of thousands of pounds’
Statistic shows how much the others had to cost for the men’s mistake
What does the noun ‘boys’ imply
Links to headline and implies that they are immature and irresponsible
What effect does the adj ‘trusty have on the reader’
Ironic because helicopter was nit reliable
What is the juxtaposition between para 5 and 6
Para 5 implies carefully planned with clear purpose
Para 6 suggests lack of purpose for trip lack of serious planning it was a predominary leisure
What is the tone in ‘emergency watch a wedding present’
Humorous implies she expected him to need rescuing in the future
What could ‘poor visibility’ and ‘unscheduled detour’ show
That 2 men’s stupid mistake put other lives in danger and delayed military business
What could ‘adventurors’ not ‘expeditioners’ imply
Expeditioners implies professionalism and adventurous implies men seek novelty and excitement
What is Ms Vesleys tone
Sarcastic humour represents them like children ‘bottoms kicked’ and ‘sent home the long way as punsihment’
What could the longer paragraphs for critical of the men and the shorter paragraphs for supportive mean
That the writer of the article thought they were silly and they were critical
