Explain how this and/ or other language feature(s) helps you understand the writer’s attitude towards seafood.
Punctuation: Uses lots of commas to emphasise their point
Rhetorical Questions: makes the reader think why they like seafood
Hyperbole: “recoil like Dracula drenched in holy water”
Irony: Hates seafood but lives on an island
Similies: Using gross describing words
Throughout the passage, the writer explains their dislike of seafood. They get their point across by using strong punctuation, Rhetorical questions and hyperboles.
The writer provides so many vivid ideas against seafood by giving examples of their taste, texture and smell, then how they react. They describe people eating seafood using “slurping… chugging… feasting” which are very off-putting when talking about food. By using these foul words we as readers get a sense of how the writer feels.