In this essay I will analyse and compare a broadsheet and a tabloid
newspaper article. I hope to be able to find differences and
similarities in both articles. The Sun, which is the tabloid paper, is
more of a gossip paper than The Times, which is full of news and
sophisticated vocabulary. The article I have chosen is about the
service for the September 11th attack on the Twin Towers. I will
concentrate on looking at the language used and the descriptive
element of the scene. This is very important because both articles
will aim to achieve an emotional response and in order to accomplish
that, the scene must be described in great detail.
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I intend to compare aspects of the article including the way the
headline is set out, what size is it, does it catch the readers eye?
The content, which is the most important aspect of any article, will
be my main area of focus. People respond well to images rather than
lots of text, so this is another vital area of study. I will also look
at the descriptive vocabulary and poetic language used. This includes
references to the stories of people who lost loved ones.
The Sun
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In the tabloid paper, 'The Sun', the headline takes up nearly a
quarter of the page and is used to catch the eye of the reader. The
writer uses very dramatic words to entice the reader to read on. The
writer uses the word 'knelt' to suggest that the grieving people are
in prayer to their loved ones who died. The sentence, 'Tears in the
dust', also has an important meaning. 'Dust' gives you the feeling of
grief and funerals because in the...
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he describes the rubble like a mountain. He describes all the sight
with such detail, ' long-stem roses in pink, yellow and red', and
describes the contrast between sand and grit. It gives you more of an
idea what it was to be there.
This article concentrates on one family rather than the service. In a
way this is good because it shows emotions, but people may have wanted
to read more about the service.
I have summed up both of the articles. The newspapers are aiming to
get an enormous possible emotional response by using images and
descriptive writing. Images in the Sun work very well because they
linked up with the words and formed a morbid feeling. The way the
Times got their point across was using the story of one family and
their losses. I think both articles worked very well, but in different
ways.
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is from New York and is a well known actor so he feels as if he was
want the reader to be drawn to the headline and want to read on, so
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