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Resource 7:
Fact and opinion within a newspaper article
Task
Read the newspaper article below and label any linguistic techniques used
by the writer to present facts and opinions.

B ritish theme parks were

being told yesterday to
reassess the restrictions
placed on roller-coaster
passenger weight after it was
suggested that a ride crashed
because it was too heavily
loaded. The ride, Thrill Seeker,
was carrying its full allocation
of 120 passengers, when it
nosedived to the ground
shortly after commencing its 18
metre climb. Witnesses said
the front carriage seemed to reassessed because of the fat to go on a ride. I think it’s
struggle when gaining height increasing problem of obesity madness, they should just
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were surprised in this country. Theme park buy bigger roller coasters.’
that anyone managed to visitors expressed their A survey undertaken earlier
survive the crash when the ride concerns that they may have this year revealed the
hit the ground. to be weighed before they average weight of theme
are allowed on rides in the park passengers to be 15
Safety officials stated that the future. One visitor told the stone. (Turn to Editor’s
guidelines currently stand at 13 newspaper: ‘You come for a Comment:
stones per passenger, but they nice day out and might have Too Large to Ride? page 7.)
believe this may have to be to be weighed and risk being
told you're too

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