Question

Read paragraph 2:

Under other circumstances, I would have taken the subway. Even though everyone knows that the subway will be the first target for terrorists, it's still safer than taking a cab. But I'd been shopping at Balducci's, my favourite New York deli, and was loath to manoeuvre my bags into the crowded, subterranean world where the sun never shone.

2. By referring to two language features, explain how the writer emphasises the dangers of
travelling by cab and why he chose to travel by cab on this occasion.
(4 Points)

someone please help I have no clue how to answer this

Answer 1

The writer emphasises the danger of taking a cab, by saying ' I would of taken the subway. Even though everyone knows that the subway will be the first target for terrorists,' the reader would think 'what could be possibly more dangerous than this?' and he uses this to emphasise how dangerous the cab is for the reader to understand. He chose to take a cab because he had bought his favourite food so he rather take the cab rather than reluctantly take his bags into the crowded, dark and underworld place, when he could just effortlessly take a cab back home this is evidenced it the text.