Today's work on Presentation

Sources: http://en.kiosko.net/uk/np/the_times.html and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36130610 P. Both texts use images to engage the reader. Q. There is a picture of the Briton who died, with his wife. E. This engages us because it shows he was loved and was a family man. As this is an English newspaper it focuses on the British person who died rather than the ’66 Egyptians.’ Q. The most interesting picture in text two is the arrest warrant. E. This reinforces the point that he is a criminal and convicted of fraud. Having a real life document is something you don’t see often in news items so it makes it seem very real to the reader. P. Both texts use diagrams to help us to understand what happened. Q. The Irish map tells us exactly where it happened. E. By giving us this extra detail we can comprehend the situation even more. If someone isn’t familiar with Ireland they can see exactly where it occurred. Q. The main diagram of the first article shows stage by stage what was happening to the plane with little annotations to explain what is happening. E. The reader can easily see in a pictorial format what happened. This also engages us because it is not in a text format and it is exciting to see its descent. Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36097300 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36279782 P. One presentational feature both writers use is a bold title or headline. Q. The article about the divers catches our attention because it suggests a rescue mission in a ‘cave,’ which seems exciting. E. By leaving us with lots of questions the headline makes us want to read on to find out what happened. Q. ‘Bath WW2 bomb scare’ E. This headline gives us a lot more information. The use of the colon also allows the headline to give extra information: ‘hundreds of homes evacuated.’ The WW2 bomb is something unusual and so we are interested to know what happened, also the alliteration of ‘hundreds of homes’ is both shocking and makes you want to know more. P. Another presentational feature that both texts use is images with captions.