Features of News Reporting.ppt

Features of News Reporting 第三组：吴顺丽 胡翠萍 石素仙 陈星友 郑颖颖 General Features of News Reporting arrangement of events: compact clear interesting language: clarity directness vividness Stylistic Features of News Reporting graphological features use a big title, as PepsiCo deal is lift for snacks and smaller head under the main title,as Restaurant partnership will integrate chips and other foods into menus grammatical features Alternating use of long and short statement-type sentence. e.g. the longest sentence has 37words the shortest sentence has7words frequent use of inverted sentences and expanded simple sentences e.g. 1. “You’ve got to get in the door with great beverages,” said Kirk Tanner. 2. The deal, which will start with the introduction of Pepsi, Mountains Dew and other drink brands use of verbal groups e.g. which it also owns to offset declines in its traditional soda business. You’ve got to get in the door Lexical Features --The general trend is to use simple, accurate and vivid words. preference for journalistic words and set expressions midget words -- ties（for relation） set expressions -- so far of wide use of neologisms 1.nonce-words: full-access 、chip-flavored、health-conscious 2.words borrowed from sports,commerce,chemistry etc. e.g. carbonate碳酸盐 3.coinages recoup( reback + couper) extensive use of abbreviations NFL(National Football League) avoidance of superlative word ornaments e.g. one of the hottest nearing its end Avoidance of unobjective wording The author does not use I,my,me,or our for the objective of news report. * * *