Identifying attitudes and values in A Passage to Africa.

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Various styles of quiz questions focusing on identifying the ways in which language is used to express particular attitudes and values in this paragraph.
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Question 1

Question
Label each of the highlighted words and phrases in this paragraphs with the explanation that you think best explains what is being suggested about the writer's attitudes and values through his choice of language. Simply choose one of the explanations form the drop-down menus.
Answer
  • Having a morbid interest in death
  • Behaving like a ghost
  • Getting pleasure from death
  • Seeking out death
  • Like a challenging game
  • He is preadtory
  • Doing it for fun
  • Doing it to prove himself
  • Connotes detachment from reality
  • Wants to document it all
  • Seeing is believing
  • A picture says a thousand words
  • Bored or reluctant
  • Moved slowly
  • It was a hard walk
  • Like atramp
  • His reactions have changed
  • He doesn't care anymore
  • He's got used to it all
  • He's hardened up
  • Detached from reality
  • Hard to please
  • Not easily shocked
  • Doesn't care
  • Shocking pictures
  • Horrible pictures
  • Mind-numbing pictures
  • Unbelievable pictures
  • Dismissed
  • Ignored
  • Not taken seriously
  • Thrown away
  • Boring
  • Old-fashioned
  • Twee
  • Unoriginal
  • Resigned to the reality of the job
  • It's human nature
  • Can't change it
  • No point being upset by it
  • Provoke an emotive response
  • Make people take action
  • Get people to take notice
  • Help people understand the issues
  • Luxurious Western lifestyle
  • At home
  • Like us
  • In their nice houses
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