Compare and Contrast the Two Different Newspapers; The Sun and The Times, On the Article On The Service of September 11th

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Compare and Contrast the Two Different Newspapers; The Sun and The Times, On the Article On The Service of September 11th 

In this essay I will analyse and compare a broadsheet and a tabloid newspaper article. I hope to be able to find differences and similarities in both articles. The Sun, which is the tabloid paper, is more of a gossip paper than The Times, which is full of news and sophisticated vocabulary. The article I have chosen is about the service for the September 11th attack on the Twin Towers. I will concentrate on looking at the language used and the descriptive element of the scene. This is very important because both articles will aim to achieve an emotional response and in order to accomplish that, the scene must be described in great detail.

        I intend to compare aspects of the article including the way the headline is set out, what size is it, does it catch the readers eye? The content, which is the most important aspect of any article, will be my main area of focus. People respond well to images rather than lots of text, so this is another vital area of study. I will also look at the descriptive vocabulary and poetic language used. This includes references to the stories of people who lost loved ones.

        

        

The Sun

In the tabloid paper, ‘The Sun’, the headline takes up nearly a quarter of the page and is used to catch the eye of the reader. The writer uses very dramatic words to entice the reader to read on. The writer uses the word ‘knelt’ to suggest that the grieving people are in prayer to their loved ones who died. The sentence, ‘Tears in the dust’, also has an important meaning. ‘Dust’ gives you the feeling of grief and funerals because in the Christian ceremony the priest says ‘ashes to ashes, dust to dust’. The lay out of the headline in correspondence to the pictures is very cleverly designed, the words ‘Ground Zero’ contrast with the image showing that there is no more height and it emphasises the impact by calling it ‘Zero’ which means nothing.

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        The article tries to hit the reader emotionally in as many ways as possible. It does this by telling the reader about families who lost loved ones and how they reacted. To put across the impact of devastation, the writer writes about people who would not normally be associated with normal people. The writer uses words like ‘solemnly’ to describe the actions and feelings of famous people, such as Sir Rudy Guiliani and Robert de Niro.

        Tabloids have always been known for the use of lots of pictures and this article is no exception. The use of pictures helps to ...

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