Newspaper Article

Question 1

What are the paragraphs like for a tabloid?

Answer 1

Few lines long - 2/3 sentences

Question 2

What are the paragraphs like for a broadsheet?

Answer 2

Longer so reader concentrates for longer. Few single sentence paragraphs but usually 4/5 sentences long.

Question 3

How do you structure a newspaper article?

Answer 3

Headline - pun/alliteration
Introduction - captivate reader, introduce what the article’s about
Paragraphs - 5 W’s, quotes from onlookers/involved, predictions of what could happen next

Question 4

What is the punctuation like in a tabloid?

Answer 4

Used sparingly. Inverted commas for highlighting key words. Dashes for added info.

Question 5

What’s the sentence structure like for tabloid?

Answer 5

Simple or compound. Use of elision ‘won’t’ ‘don’t’

Question 6

What’s the sentence structure like for broadsheet?

Answer 6

Varied. More use of complex sentences.

Question 7

What’s the lexis like for a tabloid?

Answer 7

• Inventive and emphatic.
• Tone is informal and colloquialisms are common.
• Compounds created to attract attention (boozed-up).
• Dramatic, conversational.

Question 8

What’s the lexis like for a broadsheet?

Answer 8

• Specific, formal and restrained.

- Vivid, dramatic lexis.