The given text is extracted from an article by Helen Fretter, about how a London school has an

unusual and inspiring after-school club. The main purpose is to inform and entertain London
teenagers who won the 2017 Young Sailor of the year award. The writer describes the achievement of
young sailors in the Greig City Academy sailing programme. In all paragraphs, the writer presents the
readers how challenging the young sailors’ Fastnet Yacht Race is with informal voice,facts,statistics,
and vivid description.

The writer use the repetition word: “EVERY” to make the sailing programme more powerful.The
phrase “ I think if he wins…” is her opinion and she wants the reader to participate in this
process.Furthermore, the writer tells the good images of sailing with the rule of three“to women, to
young people, and to those from different groups within society.”She also describes the problems
“over 70 percent of its pupils…free school meals, over 50 different first languages, and 73 per cent…
statistically” with the statistics.However, the writer presents the main sponsor of Yacht Race”the
exclusive Rolex watch company” is more alive in her article.We can also see the rhetorical questions
“what if it goes wrong? and what happens if it goes spectacularly well?” that the writer persuades us
to interest this process.

The use of personal tone “ We” is the writer creates the friendly atmosphere to the readers.The
speech “ All of the money for this, none of it comes from the school, it’s all money” ,the vivid
description, she implies to get attention from the readers.The use of list “sweet wrappers… damp
socks and an overflowing sink”is also vivid description to show the preparation of racers. The writer
displays the race is being challenging for teenagers “the boys were not onboard for comfort, they
were there for the Challenge”. The rule of three “rough weather, being becalmed for several hours,
and they’ve gained lots of things” is showing how they struggle these terrible situations and how
challenging as a sailor.The writer also presents the benefits from this Yacht Race “gained an
understanding…, learn interpersonal skills…,how to manage themselves, and they’ve learnt is
resilience”.She explains though the sailing has many benefits, it is a dangerous sport “it was a good
experience but never again”.The use of onomatopoeia “ buzzing”and emotive language “exhilarating”
induces the text is to be more alive.the fact that she also uses vivid, detailed descriptions “steering
the boat, surfing downwind … with very big waves”makes the text more alive as the readers are
sailing in a rough sea.

To conclude,this article has effectively used excellent language devices in order to entertain
and carry out the readers along with her Yacht race.