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Analytic essay

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COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Name: Daniel Duncan


Class: U6B
Teacher: Jaishreet Ramlagan
Analytic Essay

A. The purpose of the extract is to convince the audience that age does not
drastically affect your performance while running although it is treated as such.
This is to encourage others to continue the activity
B.
To start, one identified language technique is the use of literary devices, in the form of
euphemism where the writer defeats his opponent “I would put him away.” Based on the
choice of the words it implies that the writer would leave a large gap between his
competitor. This supports the idea that despite the age, victory could still be claimed. An
additional literary device being used is metaphor. Mankind was referred to as “the
human machine.” Rationally, the body is not a machine but this statement highlights the
similarity between the two; humans’ effectiveness is reduced similarly to that of a
machine. Afterwards, the readers will see the strength which lies within the human
body.
Besides literary devices, the writer employs a series of adverbs. These are used when
he adds “actually competing” which creates emphasis. The statement is one of disbelief.
This implies that it is viewed by others as unorthodox to be competing at all ages. He
then mentioned how the young runners “finally grasped the truth.” This is supplementary
to the notion that society underestimates the potential of the human body. Another
figure of speech used is the adjective. Superlative adjectives are employed where the
writer mentioned about the “marvellous capability” and the timings to be “remarkable.”
These words imply how effective the body is and how much stamina the seniors still
have.
Moreover, the vocabulary of the extract proves that it would mostly be in the interest
of runners. To support this, “cross-country season” was used which is a term isolated to
athletics. Additionally, the vocabulary of the writer in paragraph 3 contains a list of
negative words namely: “not yet”, “nor”, and “No one.” The writer uses a form of
repetition to emphasize how unaware society is to the slow rate of lessening of human
strength and endurance while being specific of the ones “young runners” and “including
these aging runners” who are oblivious causing dramatic effect.
Furthermore, the writer employs sentence structures and phrases. The extract contains
many sentences which are very descriptive, contain punctuations and are connected by
phrases and clauses. However, it also contains individual phrases. This is apparent by
“I had to” in the first paragraph which is followed by the reason. The sentence and
phrase are intentionally separated to produce dramatic effect which keeps the audience
engaged.
Moreover, the writer mentions scientific information where research had been
undergone comparing subjects of large age gaps, proving that the endurance of an
individual is not rapidly lowered. Additionally, stating the institution, “Washington School
of Medicine”, persuades the audience that the information presented indicates there is a
form of credibility.
Conclusively, the writer employs literary devices, sentence structures and phrases
and vocabulary while integrating scientific research to convince the audience that
despite your age, there is still potential to perform well. Although the extract identified
the writer’s positive personal experiences which gives it a narrative style they were
supported by science which introduces persuasive writing, encouraging the audience to
never quit running despite the aging process.

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