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Please help me with this question about this text:: Explain how at least three techniques have been used to position you to accept the ideas expressed in the text..
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Thank you The Text is: After 18 months of living in Sydney, I have decided to stop defending Perth from attacks by snooty Sydneysiders who think the sun shines out of their harbor city. Not because I am disloyal to my home, but because I am quite happy for people to maintain the ignorant view that Perth is a tiny hamlet of boredom between the desert and the sea. Take the following real quote from a real Sydneysider who was discussing what moving to Perth would be like: ??What??s the exchange rate??? Sadly the bloke who asked who this question wasn??t joking. Happily he stayed in Sydney.
Additional Details3 months ago
. And thank goodness his ignorance about WA is shared, in varying degrees, among much of the East coast population, or they might all come West looking for a better life. If they do come, they might find that the disparity between the cost of living in Perth and Sydney means that there might as well be an exchange rate which indicated what a dollar will buy you on each side of the country. Want to live in a decent two-bedroom flat close Sydney??s CBD? That??ll be $400 a week, thanks. Or half a million if you want to buy it. Think of what you could buy in Perth for that. Then keep it a secret. Anthea Prestage- The clever former St Hilda??s student who upset a few locals last week when she said Perth had little to offer but was a nice place to retire or bring up kids - Probably lives in an expensive apartment near the harbor.
3 months ago
She is now 26, works in an investment bank and within a decade could be pulling the sort of salary that would make Betty Balga and Pete Palmyra weep. Don??t begrudge Ms Prestage her opinion on Perth. As one the most isolated capital cities in the world, it does lack a certain buzz and pace. That??s why Perth folk like it and she doesn??t. Fine. And don??t begrudge her that datary. She needs every cent of it to live in one of the world??s most expensive cities. Perth is a bit slow when it comes to progress and development and the adoption of liberal ideas. By my count, the people of Perth have been shown, with great fanfare, at least 648 different plans for the redevelopment of the city foreshore. Yet all we have to show for it is a grey shed and bell tower that resembles a cockroach bonking a Christmas decoration.
3 months ago
As far as big-scale regeneration goes, it seems to include plans for half the population to live on man-made canals on Mandurah and commute on a magical traffic-beating train. The other half are destined to live in off-the-plan homes on winding roads in massive treeless housing estates with naff names and spend their lives sweeping away sand stripped from the vacant clocks next door and deposited on their doorsteps by the summer sou-wester. Of course, this is a cynical view of Perth and ignores all the wonderfully simple things that make Perth such a great place to live. During a visit to Perth at Christmas, I felt a tug of war between the comfort of returning to the place I grew up and the disappointment at the apparent stagnation that afflicts the city because of its isolation and relatively small size.
3 months ago
This tells me that, like thousands of other WA expats who long for the good life in Perth but still thrill at the buzz of a big city. I am not ready to come home. One day. But not yet. When I do decide to return to Perth, I??ll promise to look glum, tell all of Sydney how sad I am to be heading back to WA for a monotonous existence on the edge of the dessert. Maybe Ms Prestage will have sated her search for opportunity and be on the same plane home. I??ll say g??day to her in business class on my way to the back of the jet. As the plane arcs over Sydney Harbor and heads for the setting un, I??ll look down through the pollution at the traffic jams and tiny, million- dollar home and I??ll whisper to myself ??They don??t know what they are missing??.??
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
1. Parallelism. The text is expressing the difference (opposition?) between two places, and the author makes much use of parallel structures throughout the piece to emphasize the duality of his subject matter. Quick example: "Sadly the bloke who asked this question wasn't joking. Happily he stayed in Sydney." In modifying the rhetorical structure of his text in ways like these, the writer helps us to develop the notion of seperation and opposition.
2. Rhetorical questions: involve the reader.
3. Exaggeration (as in "648 plans"): the humorous effect wins the reader over.