‘B’ or a ‘T’

BroadsheetsandTabloids

First, mark with a ‘B’ or a ‘T’ to show if the feature is found in a broadsheet or a tabloid.

Second, use all of this information to fill in the table comparing broadsheets and tabloids on the second page.
To help you do this, you can number what you will match (the first two are done for you).

B or T
B	Formal language, highly researched, factual details, neutral and unbiased, small print.
T	Very short sound-bites or sentences.
T	Has a large sports section.
B	Covers politics, finance and current affairs.
B	Front page is entertaining/eye-catching, easy to understand.
T	Emphasis on emotion and sensation.
T	Often has a sports supplement.
T	Emphasis on easy-to-understand and dramatic stories about personalities.	1
B	Front page more informative, about public issues.
B	Design emphasises content through detailed articles in small print, with some emphasis on photographs and restrained use of colour.
B	Covers sensational news, scandals, gossip, and celebrities.	2
T	Few photographs, A2 size, black/white, very little colour.
B	Design emphasises visual appeal through photographs, colourful font and reversed print on colourful boxes.
B	Headlines: informative, factual, serious language, black/white.
B	Emphasis on important global/national news, political, economic, social and cultural issues.	1
B	Simple language, some research, less details more speculation, bias obvious, large print.
B	Varied types of sentences, often long.
B	Headlines: dramatic, exaggerated, slang, bold/colour.
T	Emphasis on information.
T	Large eye-catching photographs, A3 size, lots of colour.

Broadsheet

Tabloid

More formal

Informal

Metaphors rather than puns (puns
sometimes used, although more subtle)

Use of puns

Rhetorical questions
Use of alliteration

More complex sentences (look for

sentences separated by lots of commas,
semi-colons etc.)
Exaggeration for effect

Statistics

Slang

Descriptions of people tends to relate to

personality or position in society

Colloquial language (chatty)

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