- These are the elements that define a media text and make it what it is, and to show you how it is different from any other media text.
- Newspapers share the same sort of content as other media format such as television and radio- they have stories about events that interest people. This is news in a particular way.
different meanings: Connotation
Codes and conventions of popular newspapers:
- Are based on the way the news is presented to the reader.
- Newspapers have a masthead with their title
- The copy is as up to date as possible- yesterday's news is not news.
- Articles are written in columns
- Newspapers use headlines
A simple sentence, also called and independent clause, contains a subject and a verb.
Compound sentence:
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator.
Complex sentence: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.
- In a straight news story, it's best to get the most important information in your story up to the top.
- As the first paragraph in an article, the introduction is very important. Its contents tell the reader in more detail what the article is about.
- The mail on Sunday:
- Used quotes for effect and make it bolder/ easier to read.
- The bigger text outlines the article and it gets straight into the story.
