EXAM Q8 (x2)

On the Observer's home page, particular language stands out to create meaning and intrigue for the page. Firstly, we are drawn to the page because it is full of colour, and the colour isn't just all over the place, it is nice and unified. The page also grabs  the readers attention because every single article featured, shows a person/ human. As most people are usually more interested about what is going on within human lives, this is a great way to have people focusing more on the texts. The main article is the biggest one and draws the reader in because it uses a rhetorical question, 'Can I forgive the man that raped me?' The affect of this makes us want to know the answer, as well as hear the answer from the interviewee, and know what the story is. Using a question mark is a great way to entice the reader. The deep blue that frames everything implys depth and stability. The colour blue is often associated with trust, confidence and intelligence, which makes readers more able to trust the news story's and read the content more often. 

The title typeface is a font that mixes both old styles and modern styles. This suggests that the observer covers all types of new and targets both audiences, not just one. This would give a chance for everyone to read the Observer because it shows that most age groups are able to read the news they wish. The typeface of the headings are styled in a way so that the reader is almost left on a cliff hanger. The main article is the biggest one and draws the reader in because it uses a rhetorical question, 'Can I forgive the man that raped me?' The affect of this makes us want to know the answer, as well as hear the answer from the interviewee, and know what the story is. Using a question mark is a great way to entice the reader because we are produced with an un-answered interesting question. 

The other articles are smaller because they are not the featuring ones. This means, after having looked at the big one, we have to focus more on the next ones. Another example of an interesting caption is 'GIGI HADID, a model with a fabulous figure (30 million instagram followers)' This is another good way to draw audience in because it straight away mentions a famous model which most people have probably heard about and want to hear more. It adds extra information as well, for people who don't know who she is, such as the fact that she is a model and the fact that she has 30 million followers on instagram. This is a very clever technique to list both of these things because instagram is an extremely well-known social media app which most people have and know a lot about. By stating her figures of 30 millionf followers it makes people want to know more about Gigi Hadid because 30 million is a huge following. The articles also target certain people. For example, the Gigi Hadid article mainlt targets women and her fans. Whilst the main article targets all adult audience.

The home page is presented extremely neatly with the same colour regime and pretty much the same fonts. This shows it takes its news seriously because the whole page is uniformed and uniform usually means objectivity and authority - which gives off a very strong sense of objectivity. 

In the titles of the articles, there are a range of literary techniques used to draw in the readers. In the Gigi Hadid article it uses alliteration of 'fabulous figure'. There is also a lot of use of emotive language used in the form of quotes, for example the headline for another news story was 'The traditional duet has the women reliant on the man, I'm sick of it.' is a good way to express emotive language and draw the reader in. It is effective because it states a point and an opinion, which a lot of people may be able to relate to but also people want to hear why she has this opinion.