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The Language of Newspapers

The Language of Newspapers. Aim of today’s lesson: to look at the language of newspapers, to consider emotive language. Emotive Language.

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The Language of Newspapers

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  1. The Language of Newspapers Aim of today’s lesson: to look at the language of newspapers, to consider emotive language

  2. Emotive Language • Newspapers want to sell as many copies of their papers as possible. They try to lure their readers into their pages with juicy gossip, prizes or powerful and emotive stories. • EMOTIVE LANGUAGE is language aimed at appealing directly to your emotions.

  3. Your turn! • Think of and write down an emotive word for the following examples: • Taking someone’s life • Needing food • Feeling very unhappy • Feeling very cross about something • A group of bored teenagers vandalising

  4. Your Task: • To write a newspaper article about a storm in Portishead that has damaged property and caused injuries/ a death. • You need to come up with the details and language to make this an emotive story

  5. What headlines can you come up with for the following?

  6. Now come up with your plan for the article.

  7. Lead paragraph – who, what, when, where, how? Future outcomes – what next? Figures Other reports of damage What is your article about? What has happened? Describe the storm – 3rd person… What vocabulary might help? Facts Who was hurt? Noun phrases – how? Family Witnesses

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