What can you say about Newspapers

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What can you say about Newspapers?
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Whats this?

• 100,000 children lose parents
• Carlisle cut off by floods
• Thousands missing as British death toll passes
  400
• Abbas declares victory in election for PA chair
• Scientists warn of another tsunami in India
• George Campbell Dies Spoke 44 Languages

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Where could you find this?

• Penelope Cruz says she prefers surfing the net to
  premieres

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Headlines?

• Short words instead of long ones and
  abreviations.
• Dramatic adjectives and adverbs to attract
  readers attention.
• Active verbs.
• Cultural references.
• A very condensed structure
• articles and verb the "to be" are frequently
  omitted
• verbs are simplified - the present simple
  refers to the present or the past - the
  infinitive refers to the future- the verb "to
  be" is also omitted in the passive and in
  continuous forms- the progressive -ing form is
  used to show something that is developing.
• nouns and adjectives are grouped together without
  any verbs or conjunctions.

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Have a look at your newspapers

• Are they different?
• Why?
• Are they similar to the Spanish ones?

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Have a look at the front page

• What can you see?
• Is it similar to the Spanish one?

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What can you see here?
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Lets have a look at its caption

• Little Wave, a Thai survivor of the flood and a
  symbol of hope as the tsunami appeal reached its
  target. (PETER NICHOLLS) http//www.timesonline.co
  .uk/article/0,,18690-1433263,00.html