Please note the above image. It is an annotated copy of a think piece we looked at last term.

Things to note:

• How the think piece combines the personal, the anecdotal with her wider consideration of the issue she’s writing about.
• How she shifts between the ‘I’ and the ‘we’.
• How she integrates her own research and the bigger picture with her own thoughts and perspectives.
• How the tone is conversational in places (she uses the word ‘kids’ for example) with a more formal point of view.
• How she uses language patterns and synonyms to establish and maintain a consistent perspective on her issue.
• The use of metaphors to give the response a distinctly sophisticated feel.
• How the language used reflects the tone set in the headline.