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I'm not sure what to call them, since it is hard to describe these constructions, with their inanely grinning, appallingly-paid staff dressed like circus clowns dispensing lumps of fatty meat and slices of crumpled salad in soggy buns, accompanied by tubs of steaming hot French fries and teeth-rotting drinks, as 'restaurants'. True, they are 'places where food is bought and eaten', but it would be a sad world if these were really considered restaurants.
Show how the writer's word choice in this paragraph makes clear her contempt for fast food restaurants:
She says they are 'inanely grinning, appallingly-paid staff dressed like circus clowns' and that they serve 'lumps of fatty meat and slices of crumpled salad in soggy buns' - she thinks it is all terrible.
She says the food is unhealthy, the staff are badly paid and stupidly dressed. She calls them 'constructions' which sounds unfriendly.
The use of 'circus' and 'clowns' makes them seem ridiculous, and 'lumps' does not sound very appealing or healthy.
She is contemptuous of the staff ('inanely grinning' suggests they look almost mad, and 'circus' makes the whole thing sound like an elaborate sideshow) and of the food (she uses 'lumps' rather than 'portions' to suggest something unappealing and inelegant, and describes the salad as 'crumpled' and 'soggy' making it sound lifeless and weak).
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Football today is being hijacked and often corrupted by commercial interests, the fans exploited, their loyalty taken for granted or abused. The men and women who have supported the game all their lives are treated as mere consumers of a product on which those who run the clubs have a monopoly of supply. The more cash they can screw out of the fans the better. And they call it sport. Welcome to the world of commercial football.
Show how the word choice in this paragraph make clear the writer's feelings about football today:
The writer's anger and despair are conveyed by words like 'hijacked' which suggests something being illegally, almost violently, changed from its true purpose; 'corrupted' which has connotations of immorality and deceit; and 'screw' which makes the football bosses sound like cheap fraudsters.
He says the fans are being 'abused'. This suggests they are being treated in a harmful way.
He uses words like: 'hijacked, corrupted, exploited, abused, mere, monopoly, screw'; all these words show he feels that the fans are being treated badly.
A 'monopoly' is usually considered to be a bad thing because it means that only one person or group is in control, restricting the rights of others.
