There are many pictures in the article, "We're not getting married any more", while there are less pictures in the article, "Holding the pursestrings", in fact there is only one. One article has pictures of many couples happily together whereas the other shows one sad woman in a relationship. There is one similarity in the idea of the pictures. They both provide the articles with evidence to support the main theme. Unlike the article, "Holding the pursestrings", the article "We're not getting married any more", has many pictures spread around the page which splits up the text this makes the actual article easier to read. Pictures lead the reader to believe that the article is factual and it therefore draws in their attention. This demonstrates that the articles are biased because they only use evidence and facts which will support their own ideas. Biased means to be one sided, this proves, that usually articles with pictures are one sided.
Headings are the most important devices needed in an article. They generally provide the article with an noticeable title which is one of the main necessity of an article. There is a strong relationship between the heading and the picture. The heading is a group of words which summarise the article, similarly the picture provides to article with evidence. The way the headings are organised affects the reader because if there are no sub headings then the text is not broken down, making the article difficult to read. If the heading is not at the top of the article in the middle then the article becomes less eye catching and so therefore it becomes unnoticeable.
The similarities and differences between the two articles in terms of the presentational devices, headings and sub-headings, the article, "We're not getting married any more" has a big, bold heading and many sub-headings whereas the article "Holding the pursestrings", has a big, bold heading but hardly any sub-headings. The main difference between the two article is that one article, due to the fact that it has sub-headings, can easily be read in contrast to the other article which is much more harder to read and understand,as a result of the lack of
sub-headings.
In articles it is a requirement to have the different sections arranged accordingly (usually done by paragraphs). The reason for this is that is the text is arranged in a particular order the reader gets confused and looses interest. In articles information is put into boxes because it organises the writing and makes it understandable. This enables to reader to be able to take more interested. In the article, "We're not getting married any more", the text is broken down and put into boxes (text boxes) and there are also boxes and bullet points for the fact files. In the second article there are no bullet points or text boxes. There is only a table of statistics.
Fonts are extremely important as they dictate the legibility of the article. The
more artistic the font, the less legible the article is. Generally articles have a bold text for the heading and plain text for the actual article. The size of the heading is larger than the size of the font used in the article. Usually the articles consist of a summary before the start of the article. The font of the summary is usually in the middle of the heading size and article size. Articles use different but not artistic fonts because if italics are used for certain words within the text then the words stand out and more emphasis is put on the words. There are many similarities in the fonts and font sizes between the two articles. These are some of the main resemblances. They both have an extremely bold headings, medium bold summaries and plain article text. Also the both articles use roughly the same size font.
In my opinion presentational devices are remarkably effective. If all of these devices are used properly then the article would be a very interesting read.
However, if these devices are not used properly the article or piece of writing, can turn out to be a completely disorganised. I think that pictures are most needed as they draw the reader into the author's way of thinking.
