Imagery/Photos - Helps to add definition and an insight to the newspaper. Usually a minimum of three images. E.g: secret photos,
Text - Adds dialogue and structure to the article and helps to place an image in the reader's head.
Quotation Marks - They help to identify what a interviewee is saying and when it changes to another interview.
White Spaces - Allow words and sentences to have spaces between them so as to not get mixed up.
Graphics - They provide interesting illustrations to carefully explain facts, charts and statistics.
Sub-Headings - They are smaller than the headlines, but they provide a brief synopsis of the article whilst encouraging the reader to buy and read the newspaper.
Mast-Head- Useful so that the reader can grab people's attention and to explain in detail.
By Line - Tells the reader who wrote the article/the author.
Exaggeration - Sensationalises a topic and makes it sound batter/worse than it really is.
Body Copy - It is the segment of an article that people read.
Lead Story - The first article that appears on the front page.
Decks - Summary of a story.
Slogan - Used to promote the newspaper/article.
Columns - Help to divide the article/s
Advertisements - Newspapers are paid by companies to advertise their products in their newspaper.
Captions -
The Guardian
The Guardian is filled with the codes and conventions that I have mentioned earlier. The headline is in a large and bold font. This is done to make the headline large and therefore more intriguing. As for the imagery, they have merged five images together because they all connect with one another and are related with the main image. This is done so as to give an idea of correlation and structure and to use a plethora of important events to emphasise importance. They also use red tags to tell information about the events in question. the sub-heading is slightly smaller than the main headline, yet it is capable of reading,
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