Text: Sharanya Hrishikesh. “Aneera Kabeer: The Indian trans woman whose plea to die caused a stir.” BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60212092
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Some elements of this text to consider:
- The use of quite short paragraphs which is common for many news articles. Some news outlets use longer / shorter paragraphs depending on the audience
- How photographs are used in the article. Almost all of the them are photos of transgendered people. There are a number of different types of images that could have been included – why did the editor focus on these types of photos?
- The numerous links in the text to other related articles