Read the extract:

"Lots of people want to become doctors and nurses because they care about people and want to help them. However, it can be a gruelling career choice, both physically, with long shifts and night shifts, and emotionally, with difficult decisions and touch scenarios to face each day."

A student is asked: Explain how the writer presents his ideas about working in healthcare.

A student has written an analytical paragraph based on the extract.

Match each sentence to the point, evidence and analysis.

The writer presents working in healthcare as a demanding profession which can be physically and emotionally challenging.

The writer describes working as a doctor or nurse as "gruelling" with "difficult decisions."

The alliteration in the phrase "difficult decisions" emphasises the heavy "d" sound, mimicking the burden that these decisions can be on health workers.

1 answer

Here is the correct matching of each sentence to the appropriate point, evidence, and analysis:

  1. Point: The writer presents working in healthcare as a demanding profession which can be physically and emotionally challenging.

  2. Evidence: The writer describes working as a doctor or nurse as "gruelling" with "difficult decisions."

  3. Analysis: The alliteration in the phrase "difficult decisions" emphasises the heavy "d" sound, mimicking the burden that these decisions can be on health workers.