Text A is a letter, sent out by the St. Mungo’s Broadway charity. The purpose of the text is to not only inform the reader of the poor living conditions that homeless people are faced with everyday and what you can do to help both those in need and St. Mungo’s Broadway themselves, but also to persuade the individual to give as much as they can to aid the cause and better a person’s life. The use of a letter makes the inclusion of personal pronouns, such as “you” and “we”, feel more directed at the reader, as though the letter was addressed solely to them, almost forcing them to feel responsible to provide for the charity and in turn, the many more homeless people “like Harvey” discussed in the text. However, certain key words may have been
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One example of this would be the rhetorical questions. The quote, “doesn’t it?” demonstrates this clearly as it is using the text’s purpose, to persuade; to make the reader think about the situation that homeless people are faced with on a daily basis. This fills them with a sense of guilt, making them feel as though they have been ignoring the minority, simply because they may be better off than they are, intriguing them to want to know more and help out, so that the homeless people that they support, have a better chance at achieving a more prosperous …show more content…
On one hand, Text A is a more informative piece, largely based on fact, made to persuade the reader to support those who are homeless. On the other hand, Text B is for more entertainment purposes and is purely opinion based, due to the public being allowed to have their say on the matter, unlike the letter in Text A, which gives it no solid opinion. However, both contain words to explain the need for homeless people to be helped. For example, in Text A, St. Mungo’s Broadway explains how Harvey, an ex-homeless person, “recently moved into his own flat”. This picks up from Text B, when the user Portnoy58 says that individuals who have no where to live are being “inadequately housed” because although a major step for Harvey to have achieved, a flat isn’t somewhere a person would be able to settle down for life, suggesting that they need proper, “affordable housing” to get back on their feet
One example of this would be the rhetorical questions. The quote, “doesn’t it?” demonstrates this clearly as it is using the text’s purpose, to persuade; to make the reader think about the situation that homeless people are faced with on a daily basis. This fills them with a sense of guilt, making them feel as though they have been ignoring the minority, simply because they may be better off than they are, intriguing them to want to know more and help out, so that the homeless people that they support, have a better chance at achieving a more prosperous …show more content…
On one hand, Text A is a more informative piece, largely based on fact, made to persuade the reader to support those who are homeless. On the other hand, Text B is for more entertainment purposes and is purely opinion based, due to the public being allowed to have their say on the matter, unlike the letter in Text A, which gives it no solid opinion. However, both contain words to explain the need for homeless people to be helped. For example, in Text A, St. Mungo’s Broadway explains how Harvey, an ex-homeless person, “recently moved into his own flat”. This picks up from Text B, when the user Portnoy58 says that individuals who have no where to live are being “inadequately housed” because although a major step for Harvey to have achieved, a flat isn’t somewhere a person would be able to settle down for life, suggesting that they need proper, “affordable housing” to get back on their feet