In this seminar we learnt how to analyse an article. The particular article we were given to analyse was called 'Fast Love' from the popular newspaper, The Times. The main point of the article was discussing how many women have very busy lifestyles now, they have important jobs, children, social events and to top that off they are expected to always look their best. This article promotes a new idea to help women always look their best but still give them the time to complete their daily tasks. The idea is to have a beauty salon, where the customer is not paying for the experience, they are paying simply for the service they have asked for. These salons will offer hard working women to have their hair done or makeup, meaning they can look their best all the time in a fast 30 minute service from the salon.
In the seminar we had to read the article carefully and break the writing into sections so we could analyse it critically. We found that in the second paragraph the writer gives other examples which could help women look good all the time, but none as successful as the main proposed idea in the article. We suggested that the tone of voice of the article is quite forceful due to the language used and the writer is trying to relate to the reader. The quotes the writer has used are all quite persuasive which again shows that the tone of voice is quite forceful due to the fact they are trying to get new customers to the salon.
I found this seminar very interesting as I did not take English at A Level, and felt learning how to properly analyse an article very useful to know.
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