Compare the ways the two editorials have used language devices and structural features to persuade the reader of their point of view

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“Compare the ways the two editorials have used language devices and structural features to persuade the reader of their point of view.”

This essay is written about two newspaper editorials from two very different newspapers one from the “Sun” and one from the “Times” they are both about the terrorist crisis in America that has deeply shocked the world.

The first thing that you come across in both articles is the use of headings and subheadings. Firstly in the ‘Times’ editorial there is a statement “terror for all” with another bold subheading saying “the day that changed the modern world” both of these statements grabs the attention of the reader and this applies to everybody because there is no-one that isn’t involved as it is an attack on modern civilisation, this proves effective and sets a good base for the editorial to be started on

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The ‘Sun’ takes quite a different approach by having a large centred text box with large white underlined font saying “all the world must unite to defeat these evil cowards” this shows a plan of action straight from the mark” where as the ‘Times’ seems to set the scene firstly and is quite laid back but firm but the ‘Sun’ jumps straight into the mark suggesting attack. Below this is an emotive picture of New York workers fleeing the devastation. This is very emotive and used to give people a better insight and to show how serious the situation is ...

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