Headline- The man who survived a Taliban roadblock.
Key features:
Online article, photographs that catch the reader eye
instantly of children fleeing the city and photos of the Taliban seizing
Kunduz.
First had account from a survivor.
How does the article inform and entertain its reader?
The article informs and entertains its reader by straight
away telling the reader a man has survived after coming face to face with
Taliban troops, this is shown in the headline “man who survived”. This gives
the reader entertainment because the article is telling the world what is happening
daily and that although this man survived many others have died during the
seizure of Kunduz. The article informs the reader that Taliban troops were in
control for “seven days”.
The article informs the reader by using Lexical choice
“Taliban insurgents” the word “insurgents” informs the reader that the Taliban
troops were violent and ready to fight to seize Kunduz and remain in control of
the city for as long as possible. The verb “traumatised” is used in the article
to really inform the reader that the violence the Taliban are showing is
horrible and the affect it is having on Afghan civilians is horrific.
The article uses a concrete noun “they smelled bad” this
suggests to the reader that all the dead bodies that are stacked up on the side
of the road or giving off a disgusting, sickly stench. The article also engages
the reader again by using Lexis in the sub-heading “Killing ground” this once
again is effective in informing the reader that during and after the city was
captured by the Taliban, the city was filled with death and murder like a
battle ground. Also when the article uses the word “beheaded” to highlight to
the reader the brutality of the events occurring in Kunduz.
The article gets the attention of the reader by listing the
terrible events “mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by Taliban
death squads” this really catches the eye of the reader because it is a
straight forward list of what the Afghan civilians are going through. The
article uses pre modification in the noun “mass murder” and verb “gang” this
informs the reader that this isn’t just a single murder or rape case this is
happening right now and has been happening for the last seven days.
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