Question

What writing technique is used in the sentence, ‘An article in The Guardian stresses a common objection to its use: "reliance on Wikipedia can discourage students from engaging with genuine academic writing" (Coomer , 2013).'?

Answer 1

Answer:

The writing technique used in the sentence is combining facts with emotion.

Explanation:

"Should university students use Wikipedia" is an article written by Adam Coomer. The article is written to inform university students concerning the reliability of the open-source Wikipedia. The author asserts that using Wikipedia for university research work is not an ideal idea.

The articles are written by anyone regardless of their expertise in the given field or not. In the given sentence, the author has used the writing technique of combining both facts and emotion to persuade his audience of university students. Using the words such as 'discourage', 'engaging' brings an emotional tone.