5 Identifying Author’s Intention & Attitude

A)

Paragraph 1

Author’s Intention To convince readers to agree with author’s stance which is to

impose tax on high fat & high refined sugar foods

Reasons The modal verbs – should, would

The facts used to support author’s opinion
• Tax imposed in Denmark
• Tax imposed in Malaysia

Paragraph 2

Author’s Intention To inform readers on how BrainGate works

Reasons Factual information on BrainGate is given throughout the

paragraph.
B)

Paragraph 1

Author’s Intention To criticise modern fishing methods

Author’s Attitude Frustrated/ of Frustration

Disappointed/ of disappointment

Reasons The word choice – unsystematic, unlucky, destructive, killed,

degrade, destroy

Paragraph 2

Author’s Intention To explain ways to reduce road congestion

Author’s Attitude Optimistic

Reasons • The word choice- a number of steps, solution, reduce,

suggestion, encourage
• The author is suggesting some ways to reduce road
congestion.

Paragraph 3

Author’s Intention To inform readers on plagiarism

Author’s Attitude Objective

Reasons The author is merely explaining the definition and giving

examples of plagiarism.
Paragraph 4

Author’s Intention To describe the problems related to energy consumption

Author’s Attitude Concerned

Reasons Details like:

• Fact on world energy consumption
• Limited stocks of fossil fuels
• Public opinion on world energy consumption levels to
be dangerously high
References:

1. Browne, C., Culligan, B., & Phillips, J. (2014). In Focus. Cambridge. Cambridge
University Press.
2. Carter, C. E. (2011). Mindscapes: Critical Reading Skills & Strategies. Wadsworth:
Cengage Learning.
3. Westbrook, C. (2014). Unlock: Reading & Writing Skills 3. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.