Explorers or boys messing about

Question 1

‘Royal Navy, RAF and British coastguards’

Answer 1

Listing shows the scale of the rescuer writer Implies it is disproportionate in rescue of just two men

Question 2

‘ Tens of thousands of pounds’

Answer 2

Use of number to emphasise how much it costs to rescue only two men

Question 3

‘Questioned’

Answer 3

Past tense verb They oppose their choice to bring a small helicopter Implies the two men are novices and ill advised to not take a single engine and they have no back up if anything goes wrong

Question 4

Para 5+6

Answer 4

Juxtaposition between paragraphs contrast and expedition in paragraph 5 in place carefully planned with clear purpose, Messing about in paragraph 6 suggests lack of purpose for and lack of serious planning that look predominantly leisure

Question 5

‘Breitling emergency watch’

Answer 5

Humorous That the watch or the wedding present implies that she expected he would need rescuing in a future emergency. She expected her husband would need it.

Question 6

‘ poor visibility’

Answer 6

Adjective phrase implies dangerous for the Royal Navy helicopter pilots to rescue the two men their rescue put other lives in danger

Question 7

‘ Experienced adventure’

Answer 7

Noun, adventurous, not expeditioners expedition implies professionalism and purpose adventurer implies men seeking novelty and excitement

Question 8

‘ironically’

Answer 8

Adverb implies men and naive to think their small expedition could improve political relations expedition nearly caused military and diplomatic incident rather than improving east west relationships as intended

Question 9

Final para

Answer 9

You must conclusion to article equals implies men and the expedition was comical linked back to the headline men are like boys messing about