Question 1
Refer to the headlines below which were taken from different newspapers and answer the questions that follow.
Headline A – Cancel culture: Have any two words become more weaponised?
Headline B – Conservatives claim to hate “cancel culture” – but it’s the heart of the right-wing agenda
Headline C – Cancel culture looks a lot like old-fashioned church discipline
Headline D: Cancel culture falters in the shadows of SA’s pop culture brutes
1.1 Explain the denotative and connotative meanings of the words used in Headline A. (4 marks)
1.2 Discuss the use of punctuation in “cancel culture” in Headline B. (2 marks)
1.3 Whose voices are represented in Headline B? (2 marks)
1.4 Discuss the stance (position) adopted by Headline C. (2 marks)
1.5 Comment on the linguistic choices (diction) used in Headline D. (5 marks)