Ruae article TONE exercise!

Troops, read this funny, angry and wise article by comedian David Mitchell.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/28/philip-morris-cigarette-ad-a-classic-case-of-smokes-and-mirrors

Where can you detect the following tones, or a combination of them?

Humorous tones: mocking, scathing, tongue in cheek, hyperbolic (exaggerating), sarcastic, ironic…

Critical tones: scathing, disparaging, critical, cynical, angry, pessimistic…

How does Mitchell create these tones?   Detailed reference to the text, please 🙂

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