Teenagers and Alcohol

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Teenagers and Alcohol
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Answer 1
1.1 One of the most important facts which the article states is the fact that 1 in 25 South
Africans drink binge on the regular basis and also the amount of binge that they consume
is higher than the permissible level for the adults.
1.2 One of the most important that the article articulates is the fact that the binge drinking
habit of the children can be curbed in an effective manner if it is regulated by the parents
by allowing them to drink small amounts of binge under supervision.
1.3 I have selected the 1.1 section as a fact because the data of the conerned being supported
by the South African Community Health Survey (2016). On the other hand, I have
selected 1.2 as an opinion because of the fact that it is a personal opinion articulated in
the article not supported by any evidence.
1.4 I expect that this type of articles would be published in the "Journal of Alcohol and Drug
Education”. An example of a article published in the concerned journal is “Green, K.M.,
Musci, R.J., Johnson, R.M., Matson, P.A., Reboussin, B.A. and Ialongo, N.S., 2016.
Outcomes associated with adolescent marijuana and alcohol use among urban young
adults: A prospective study. Addictive behaviors, 53, pp.155-160.”
Answer 2
2.1 The five words which are examples of homonymous words in the article are binge, pops,
booze, teen and chronic.
2.2 Dictionary meaning of the homonymous words-
Binge- A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially drinking alcohol or eating
(en.oxforddictionaries.com 2019)

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Pops- Make or cause to make a light explosive sound (en.oxforddictionaries.com 2019)
Booze- Alcoholic drink (en.oxforddictionaries.com 2019)
Teen- Relating to teenagers (en.oxforddictionaries.com 2019)
Chronic- (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
(en.oxforddictionaries.com 2019)
2.3 Bibliograhic reference of the dictionary-
En.oxforddictionaries.com (2019). English Dictionary, Thesaurus, & grammar help | Oxford
Dictionaries. [online] Available at: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].
Answer 3
3.1 Green et al. (2016) in their article “Outcomes associated with adolescent marijuana and
alcohol use among urban young adults: A prospective study” highlight the problem of alcohol
addicting amount the youths of the present generation. One of the most important aspects of
the article which make it an academic article is the fact that the authors for the completion of
have done extensive research and as a matter of collected primary data from more than 678
youths in the urban cities. Another important aspect of the article which makes it an academic
one is the fact that the authors have followed the pattern of research work and thereby divided
the entire article into different sections like introduction, literature review, methodology,
findings and discussion and conclusion and recommendations.
3.2 The text can be read as an information or educational piece of work which in an objective
manner highlights the alcohol abuse problem of the teenagers and also the measures which
can be adopted for the resolution of this issue.