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Tsunami Eyewitness Account (Voice (Emotive, Blunt, Colloquial, Sympathetic…
Tsunami Eyewitness Account
Voice
Emotive
Blunt
Colloquial
Sympathetic
Morbid
Genre
Prepared, spoken piece of reportage
Published as an online article
Switch between opinion and fact
Numerical lexis
Personal pronouns
Context
Hiroshima
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945
Event recognised World Wide as the dangers of nuclear weaponry
Hieronymus Bosch
Dutch/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter from Brabant
Work contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives
His work was collected and widely copied, especially his macabre and nightmarish depictions of hell.
Indonesia tsunami
The tsunamis killed an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries
City of Banda Aceh reported the largest number of victims.
One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
Third largest ever recorded and had the longest duration of faulting ever observed; between eight and ten minutes
The direct results caused major disruptions to living conditions and commerce particularly in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
Audience
Readers of National Geographic News
Fans/followers of Chris Rainier
Those with an interest in travel/world affairs in the context of natural disasters
Environmentalists
Geography students
Purpose
To inform people of the effects of natural disasters
Share experiences of a disaster and its aftermath
Produce a horrifying image of destruction