Style of writing in lines 41-56

Your exam question asks you to analyze the style of writing in lines 41-56 of the article “This should be Scotland’s rewilding election” by Adam Ramsay. The language in this part of the text switches from facts and statistics which are presented in a formal style to the writer’s personal anecdotes which are written in a more informal style. The facts and statistics help to support Ramsay’s message with logical and academic arguments while the personal stories offer an element of human interest which makes the topic more relevant to readers and helps to engage them. 

This section of the article also features a lot of words with strong negative meanings such as “peril” (l. 43), “dire” (l. 48), “threatened with extinction” (l. 46), “critically endangered” (l. 52), “an even grimmer reality” (l. 47), or “even more loss” (l. 51). This section of the text also presents a clear contrast between wha...

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