Text: “Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized.” The Onion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXSPf9b-xI
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Some elements of this text to consider:
- The way in which this satiric news story uses many of the conventions of a regular news story (e.g. the chyrons)
- The humorous effect of the adults’ inability to recognize that the daughter is alive
- Whether the video has any more significant / deeper goals beyond comedy
- Videos are of course not part of paper 1 but it is still useful to use them to practice your analytical skills