1. The author of the piece is David Papineau. This author is credible because he is the author of the book, “Knowing the score: How Sports teach us About Philosophy”. he is also a professor at King’s college in London. The author is reputable and knows the information being presented.
2. The author’s audience can be seen as being soccer fans and lovers of the World Cup. this is because David talks about players flopping in the World Cup. David also mentions the view of many sports fans and how they may depict players flop.
3. The Tone of the piece is argumentative. David believes that players are losing dignity and do not care for the sport. The word choice of “Deception” and “No Pride” allows for an argumentative approach. David uses strong vocabulary to support his claim.
4. The purpose of this piece is to inform and persuade soccer fans or even all sports fans. This is because David claims that flopping is ruining the sport and the player. He supports this by describing how each sport has flops in there own ways. He supports this claim by describing the flops down in multiple sports such as football and basketball.
5. The genre is somewhat expository. David goes into detail describing the flops being done in all types of sports. “Ample demonstration that actions that are acceptable in one context can seem objectionable in another”. This represents how flopping exposes a sense of trust between players leading to betrayal.
6. The medium used to communicate this article is online. This is an online article by the New York Times, this piece is only available online.
7. The World Cup is taking place during the time of this article. What this says about the timeline of this piece is that it is accurate with the times. The article involves the World Cup and soccer, which is currently taking place. It also mentions homosexuality controversies in Qatar.
8. The cultural expectations of this piece are from the perspective of people of London. many soccer leagues are in London. This allows for people of London to not acknowledge the flopping of players as others would. The people of London are more critical on their players in who they follow, flopping to them is part of the soccer sport.
9. The authors stance towards the topic is negative. David believes that flopping is not good. It results in players losing dignity and decreasing the love for the sport. “It’s the meanspiritindss of trying to get someone punished for what he didn’t do”. David is completely against any and all types of flopping. he also explains how each nation may view flopping by comparing soccer and football, where players are given bonuses to flop.