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No Cut and Dried Conclusions in the Great Cannabis Debate

Autor:   •  March 8, 2011  •  Essay  •  1,414 Words (6 Pages)  •  2,064 Views

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NO CUT AND DRIED CONCLUSIONS IN THE GREAT CANNABIS DEBATE

Contents

Type of Text, Reader and Purpose 3

The Type of Text with Aspects of Language and Layout 3

The Purpose of the Piece 3

The Target Reader of the Writing Piece 3

Main Ideas of the Writing 4

Four Pieces of Evidence in Favor of using Cannabis as medicine 4

Reasons why the medical use of Cannabis may not appropriate from the information given 4

Why according to the writer is the law as it stands likely to be broken? 4

The Connection between the main texts, the Photograph and Human Body Diagram 4

Point of View 4

The Writer's Attitude to the Medical Use of Cannabis 5

Evaluation 5

Type of Text, Reader and Purpose

The Type of Text with Aspects of Language and Layout

The writing ‘No cut and dried conclusions in the great cannabis debate' is a Newspaper report/ article because the layout of the text contains narrow columns with large bold prints headings and also along with photos related to subject of the writing and writer name. The text is mostly written in long paragraphs, complex language and sentences.

The Purpose of the Piece

The purpose of the writing is to highlight an issue of health related to use of cannabis and its effects on the human body. The writing provides evidence based on scientific discoveries for proving the diverse effects of cannabis such as the title of the writing suggest: ‘No cut and dried conclusions in the great cannabis debate' and ‘the plant knows as Cannabis Sativa has been used in various forms such as painkiller for at least 5,000 year. But it has only recently been recognized within the scientific community as the source of a set of more than 60 related chemicals called Cannabinoid'. The textual purpose of writing is identified as highlighting the issue because writing provides facts that mostly readers unlikely to know and there is more use of scientific facts and statements.

The Target Reader of the Writing Piece

Through this writing writer aims to target Adult (general reader) having interest in knowing about general issues such as health. Since the core of the issue is effects of cannabis which is also used in smoking by mass, it is

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