Thursday, 10 November 2011

magazine language

After watching the powerpoint I realised how much thought goes into the front cover of a magazine.

-I learnt that in order to grab the audiences attention straight away, its better to put the title in the top left as we read from top to bottom, left to right, this means they automatically look at the title first if it is placed there.

-I also learnt some techniques used in the language which are often used. The three main ones are rhymes, alliteration and sibilance and intertextuality, which I learnt from the powerpoint means when words remind us of other media or phrases. These methods help engage the reader more and make the text more exciting, and are very effective.

-There are also a variety of sentence functions used on front covers aswell. The four are;
Declaratives : making a statement
Imperatives : giving orders
Interrogatives : asking questions
Exclamatives : suprise or alarm

All of these are used to engage the audience and are very successful and effective and I will corporate them into my magazine.

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