Newspaper articles provide information to readers through various structures and techniques. They contain headlines to introduce the topic, photos and captions to provide visual context, and short paragraphs to keep readers engaged. Bylines identify the author and articles are organized into columns. Quotes, interviews, facts, opinions, and statistics give readers different perspectives on issues. The goal is to present current events and help the public understand situations through multiple lenses.

2. Form: Newspaper article
Structure Paragraphs, columns
Content: News, current affairs, information, facts,
opinions, statistics
Mode of address: Formal, serious – depends on
the newspaper. Can be more informal if it is a
tabloid.

3. Headlines – In most newspaper articles
there are headlines to title the specific
subject or the article is about. This is so
that the reader can be aware of what they
are about to read about.
Picture/images – Newspaper articles
contain pictures for the reader to have
a visual view on the subject or the
people involved in the article. This
attracts readers from a distance before
they read the article and also gives
them more of an understanding and
interest while reading it.
Caption for picture – There is a
caption for pictures in newspapers
which establishes the purpose of the
picture.

4. Paragraph – newspaper articles
are very long. They are usually
split into short paragraph to
prevent constant reading and
also to stop the reader from
getting bored.
The by-line – The by-line a line
in a newspaper naming which
establishes the writer of an
article.
Columns – Newspaper
articles are section split into
columns, this is for more
organisation and easy to
read section by section.
The first paragraph
usually sums up a story.
This is so the reader has
a clear insight on what
the article is about.

5. Information – Newspaper articles
contain a various amount of
information about the specific
subject.
Interviews – In newspaper articles
they may include written interviews
and quotes of the person they may
have interviewed for a specific topic
in the newspaper. Interviews help the
audience see the different views and
opinions of different people which
helps them gain more knowledge and
understand the situation in different
perspectives.

6. Quotes – Quotes are used in
newspapers to establish when
something has been said by
someone. Quotes are good
because they are proof of
what someone has said which
helps readers put there own
understanding in on words
that have been said rather than
the newspaper being biased
and making up stories without
evidence.
Newspapers normally provide
facts and opinions which helps
keep the story less biased and
more for individuals to judge.
Facts and opinions help the
reader understand the
situation and see how other
people feel about the situation.

7. Statistics – statistics give the
audience or the reader various
amount of information which
helps the have a good idea around
the situation. They are a way of
gaining information quickly.