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Hungry Alagiah Rhetorical Analysis

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In this extract, Alagiah creates a sense of pity through emotive language : ‘hungry’, ‘scared’, ‘betrayed’. He also uses hyperbole to emphasise specific sentences and short sentences for effect (To capture our attention).

The writer uses emotive language to present his views about his experiences in Somalia to the reader. This can be viewed on line 23," ... a famine of quiet suffering and lonely death". I feel like the quotation informs me ,the reader, that the people who undergo any sort of hardship cannot notify anyone about it as the others are having their own share of anguish and distress. This paints a picture to the readers that tell us that the people of Somalia are helpless. The words "quiet suffering " also mean and emphasise the …show more content…

This can be viewed on line 1 where it says : "I saw a thousand hungry, lean , scared ... never forget". I feel that the writer uses hyperbole here to emphasise the amount of people that felt "hungry, lean , scared and betrayed". The word "thousand" supports my opinion as it is a big number and since Aligiah can 't count all of them, he has provided us with a gigantic number to emphasise his point.The quotation could also be used to depict the severity of the poverty as the word "thousand" informs us of the widespread effect poverty has on the people of Somalia. The word "scared" is effective in this quotation as it tells us two sides of the story. The first side, the people being afraid of being gunned down by terrorist organisations which are quite dominant in Somalia. The second side, suffering due to painful illnesses or losing people due to it . The writers ' intentions here was to emphasise the number of people suffering. He can 't count all the people ,although, he can provide us with an estimate which helps us understand and visualise the scene. Overall, Aligiah achieves to share his experiences in Somalia with the reader by using hyperbole.

In conclusion, George Aligiah achieves to present his views about his experiences as a television reporter in Somalia by using a variety of language devices (Hyperbole, Emotive Language, Short Sentences). In the end, this helps to capture our

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