Tabloid vs Braodsheet

1. Unit: Media – Tabloid
Newspapers
Writing:
Create, design and write a tabloid
newspaper front page

2. Creating a tabloid front page
• Effective details to inform and interest the
reader
• Include quotes and use speech marks
• Techniques to shock … repetition,
exaggeration/sensationalism, rhetorical
questions and emotive language
• Complex and simple sentences

3. Task 1
• To fill in grid to show definitions and purpose
of different writing techniques
• Technique – a way of writing
• Definition – to show the meaning of a word
• Purpose – what effect it has on the reader

4. Techniques, Definitions and Purpose
Quotes What people say To show the story is real
Repetition Words or phrases repeated Bring story alive
Alliteration First letter or word
repeated
Make words stand out
Exaggeration ‘blow up’ the facts Make a story more exciting
Emotive language Words that show strong
emotion
Control the reader’s
emotions
Bias Twist the truth Give only one side of a
story
Complex sentence A long sentence To build up suspense
Simple Sentence A short sentence Punchy – grab attention
Humour Comic, funny Entertain the reader
Slang Informal language Easy to read
Puns Play on words Give double meanings
Personal pronouns Using ‘I’, ‘We’, ‘Us’, ‘Our’ Make a friend of reader

5. Tabloid Detectives
Track down and highlight or underline examples of:
• Details/information – to interest the reader and make the article seem real
• Quotes
• Repetition/Alliteration
• Exaggeration
• Rhetorical questions
• Emotive language
• A complex sentence – to build up suspense
• A simple sentence – punchy, for dramatic effect
• Humour
• Slang
• Puns
• Personal pronouns
• Bias