Compare and contrast, “Boxing schoolgirls pull no punches as fight goes ahead” with “Wham BAMM call me Ma’am.”

Authors Avatar

 Compare and contrast, “Boxing schoolgirls pull no punches as fight goes ahead” with “Wham BAMM call me Ma’am.”

When comparing these two articles we can tell that the writers have approached the subject of female fighters in completely different ways. Item 1 appears to be against female fighters in the way it centres on the words of important figures such as a BMA spokesman who is opposed to boxing in any form unlike item2, which seems to be in favour of the cause of female fighters by advertising the classes that teach women to fend for themselves.

Item 1 and item 2 are both based on the idea of female fighters though item 1 is in relation to girls boxing for fun and item 2 is about women fighting to defend themselves against potential attacks.

Both the articles were written for newspapers but they are clearly written for a different audience. Item 1 uses short paragraphing with simple wording to make the reader want to read the article, as the short paragraphs appear easy and less of a task to read. Unlike item 2, which contains long paragraphs with difficult words such as ‘assailants’ is clearly, directed at an intelligent reader.

Join now!

Article 1 uses a headline with a pun much like item 2 does. This is to grab the readers’ attention and make them interested in the article. Item 1 uses language, which contrasts such as ‘boxing schoolgirls’ this, is because the stereotypical schoolgirl would not box i.e. girls slap not punch; this is to grab the reader’s attention.

However item 2 catches the readers interest by using an abstract title (we cannot tell what the article is about from the title) the title is also emphasised by using words that rhyme “Wham BAMM, call me Ma’am. Alliteration is ...

This is a preview of the whole essay