Homework, 20th January, 2017

Read the article about James Arthur and answer the questions that follow. This is due on Monday, 23rd January. 

James Arthur in ANOTHER Twitter spat after sending abusive texts to a girl who rejected his sleazy advance

James Arthur is at it again. Pop’s biggest misogynist and homophobe is embroiled in yet another Twitter spat after sending abusive texts to a girl who rejected his sleazy advances.

The mouthy 2012 X Factor winner, already on a final warning from boss Simon Cowell, could find himself in yet more trouble after hitting on model Teddy Edwardes – and then turning nasty when she turned him down.

After she went online to retaliate to his nasty exchanges, James bizarrely threatened to sue her, adding: “Haha I have the best lawyers in the country.”

He later tried to deny all knowledge of her and posted: “Annoying when glamour models pretend they are talking to you to get their breasts in Nuts magazine.”

Teddy, 23, hit back by posting screen grabs of the pair’s text exchanges.

Flustered, the Impossible singer then tried another tactic – claiming it was his PA that was texting her, trying to pull her... Right.

Teddy, who describes herself as a “professional winner”, first started exchanging texts with James, 25, last year.

I’m told: “James followed Teddy on Twitter and was constantly pestering her to go and see him. He was incredibly sleazy, saying things like, ‘Sex is all I can offer right now.’

“Not surprisingly, Teddy just told him she was busy. Then he totally snapped and got really angry and abusive. He couldn’t handle the rejection.”

The row is just the latest instance of Twitter going wrong for James.

In November he became embroiled in a war of tweets with fellow X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan, 22, after he used the phrase “f****** queer” in a rap.

And in other PR disasters he accused his ex, Rita Ora, 23, of being, well, a slut in a rap. Two hookers recently slated his sexual performance and last year he was signed off with exhaustion.

If I was you, James, I’d get offline and have a little lie down...

1. Who is James Arthur already on a final warning from?

2. By claiming that James Arthur is ‘at it again’, what is the writer of the article trying to imply about him?

3. Why do you think the writer has used the word ‘sleazy’ in the headline instead of ‘inappropriate’?

4. Which two very negative words are used to describe James Arthur in the second paragraph?

5. What word is used to describe James Arthur’s threat to sue the model with whom he has been arguing?

6. What evidence has Teddy provided to prove that James sent her text messages?

7. Why do you think the writer has mentioned James Arthur’s claim that it was his PA who was texting the model and not him?

8. Why do you think the writer of the article speaks directly to James in the last line of the article?

9. How is the text laid out?

10. What is included to make the article more visually appealing?

11. Now have a go at the following 10 mark exam-style question:

What impression do you get of James Arthur from the article? How does the writer create this impression?

Think about:

·        What is said

·        How it is said

·        How the information is presented

Your answer should be around 200 words long.