The very formal way that the Daily Telegraph’s report is written suggests a very formal relationship with the reader. It is much more informative than the other two, rather than sensationalising the story the facts are just plainly stated. Aside from that, the story is still set out in such a way as to be interesting.
The Daily Mail is not as formal as the Daily Telegraph but not as informal and chatty as The Sun. It states the facts but occasionally sensationalises the story. The story is informative without being too formal so will appeal to many different types of readers.
The Sun has a very chatty, informal relationship with the readers. The story is very sensationalised as is typical in a tabloid. There is a lot of emotive language used and a lot of direct speech. This makes it seem more factual.
In the Daily Telegraph the participant’s full names are stated in the factual style that we are used to in this newspaper, everything is fully stated so no information is left out. The age of the child is mentioned straight away as this makes the story much more dramatic and much more of a human-interest story, this will make it affect people much more.
The Daily Mail states the full names of the participant’s but, unlike the Daily Telegraph, it does not go into quite as much detail over place names. As in the Daily Telegraph, the age of the participant is the first thing mentioned for the same reasons. Having it at the start will strike sympathy in the hearts of readers due to the child being only 2 years old. This will make them want to find out if the child is OK so they will read on to make sure.
The Sun also mentions the age of the participant straight away for the same reasons as in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. Unlike the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail though, the phrase “the girl” is not used in The Sun. Using the participants name makes the story more real. Readers enjoy hearing real problems of real people, and this is just that.
In the Daily Telegraph there is a great lack of emotive language as this newspaper is much more of an informative one and does not over exaggerate the story.
The Daily Mail does not use a great deal of emotive language either, but does use more than the Telegraph. Though the story is made to be slightly emotive, it is in no way over exaggerated.
The Sun uses significantly more emotive language than the other two newspapers. This makes the story much more hard hitting and gives more dramatic effect, though this could make it difficult to tell if the story has been exaggerated.
In all the newspapers the passive voice is used. This is where the information is put first so the emphasis is not on who did it but what happened. This makes the person less important or more innocent and what has happened is the main part of the story.
Direct speech is used in all of the three newspapers as it can be used to give factual status or make/exaggerate a point. In two of the newspapers, quotes from the medics at the scene were used this gives the story proof as it is a quote. This brings the whole story down to earth.
