Commentery on gun crime

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Huberya Ince

Commentary: Gun Crime among the Youth

The purpose of my article is to inform the audience of the increasing number of gun crimes amongst youth in a newspaper article format in the comments section as found in newspapers like the guardian.

The register of the text is formal, as this is an article that would be read to inform adults whom are parents/guardians. As I wrote the text, taking the role of a youth worker, I was aiming to attract mainly parents/guardians attention on this issue. I felt the need to address them mainly as gun crime is affecting mothers and the parents the most. I did this by addressing the audience directly with the use of subjective pronouns such as ‘I’, which is also first person. This allows the text to be more true to life, making the text sound realistic. The use of subjective pronouns and first person also involves the audience with the text and shows the writer’s opinions. Also, throughout the text I frequently pointed my opinion to show who was actually writing the text e.g. ‘I personally believe…’, ‘…I think that…’ This made the text specialised.

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The lexis I have used is non-technical. I have used simple and understandable words, which reflects how simple it is to kill someone nowadays.

“The gun is now a status symbol among too many young people, demanding respect and power.” This is a simple and structured sentence telling the reader that nowadays everything is about self image and bringing power.

The semantic field of youth gun crime is reflected with the use of words such as; ‘beef’ (fight) and ‘shanking’ (to kill with a knife/stab). These words are colloquial language which is used by youth. The ...

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