Analysis of newspaper reportsFor this story, the Daily Telegraph uses the headline 'Girl frozen alive on doorstep', this is simply stating the facts. This is common in spreadsheets; they don't tend to sensationalize stories like tabloids do, they simply state the facts. The Daily Mail uses the headline "The Ice Maiden Who Came Back from the Dead". This uses intertextuality. “Ice Maiden” was modified from “the ice maiden,” a well-known phrase. The rest of the title is taken from the title of a famous book "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". This gives the story an interesting title and makes you wonder what the story is actually related to. The Sun, a well-known tabloid, uses the extremely relaxed and informal headline "Ice-Block Kid". This is in TheSun's usual relaxed style as it has a more relaxed and informal relationship with readers. Then it has a subtitle that goes into a little more detail than the title; this is to make potential readers interested in the story since they actually know what it is about. It also tells you that it is a human interest story, that it will interest most people and therefore will appeal to you (the readers). The very formal way in which the Daily Telegraph report is written suggests a very formal relationship with the reader. It's much more informative than the other two, rather than sensationalizing the story - the facts are simply stated clearly. Other than that, the story is still laid out in a way that is interesting. The Daily Mail is not as formal as the Daily Telegraph but not as informal and talkative as the Sun. It states the facts but sometimes sensationalises the story. The story is informative without being too formal, so it will appeal to different types of readers. The Sun has a very chatty and informal relationship with readers. The story is very sensationalist, as is typical in a tabloid. A lot of emotional language and a lot of direct speech is used.
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