Wednesday, April 4, 2007

PURPOSE AND TONES

The gray, bare-walled room, the size of a prison cell, is more funereal than celebratory considering three people in it were there for a family reunion.
Purpose: to inform
Tone: mournful and sorrowful
Clues: more funereal than celebratory considering
He introduces his side of the family, who take deep bows, then reaches to his left for the photo of his recently departed 88-year-old father.
Purpose: to inform
Tone: formal, stiff
Clues: introduces, take deep bow
Of course, God and country, are taboo topics during these mostly tear-filled reunions, but almost all the North Korean families praise Kim Jong Il at least several times during the two-hour live broadcast.
Purpose: to persuade
Tone: Optimistic, positive, encouraging
Clues: Of course and almost all the North Korean families praise Kim Jong II

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