Time To Attack Graffiti Analysis

Discuss the Writer’s Main contention and tone ( in your answer you should identify the type of text, the significance of the author, the context in which the text is created/published, the authors main contention and who they wish to persuade ‘Time To Attack Graffiti’ which was published on January 21st of 2002 and written by Leonie Burke who is the opposition spokesperson for the local Bracks Government and a member of the legislative Assembly for Prahran. This gives gives her the position to try and do something about graffiti and why she thinks it is a problem. She has given her opinion about graffiti and how it’s a major problem to her and the communities. Leonie’s says that after the graffiti is placed on buildings and gets removed, it is then back again. Many Victorians feel that their communities are out of control because of the vandalism in their surrounding, which makes Leonie eager to do something about the problem.

Discuss the ways in which the writer uses language techniques to convey her opinion and persuade the audience. ( in your answer you should discuss three to four techniques) Leonie has used frustrated tone towards this article as the first sentence she …show more content…
Leonie states that this vandalism was affected by many businesses, homes and public structures. She was part of this strategy that the government and councils tried but this failed as it did not stop these criminals. As she says “artistic” she does not think that graffiti is artistic at all, she says ‘we all know the difference between pure graffiti art and vandalism’ this is true in many ways as some people mistaken graffiti for art when really its breaking the law. This persuades us that what these people are doing even to this day is a crime they are committing and everyone needs to work together to make it