If considering an article as a meal, after enjoying a good appetizer – the lead, it is expected that the main dish – the body will be as good as the appetizer to please diners. The body of an article is refered to the section that follows the lead. This is the information that the readers need to know. The main objective when writing the body is to get the reader to engage into the story and stimulate them to continue on reading until the end. It may be divided into smaller paragraphs. These paragraphs follow the ideas introduced by the lead, and give more information in the form of explanations, details and quotes. Both two articles give the reader much information about the sightings of creepy clowns, but what to notice on is the dictinctive ways of using quotation …show more content…
To indicate their points, an ingenious mixture between direct and indirect quotations is used. This helps to ease the readers’ eye for being overstuffed by full and direct quotations.
Supt David Duncan of Police Scotland said the force had received “a few sporadic reports of individuals dressed as clowns in some areas”. He reiterated that many incidents reported on social media had been confirmed as hoaxes and emanate from overseas. (Indirect) “I was walking home and saw a figure walking towards me; it was dark so I didn’t think about it. When the person got closer I noticed he was in a clown costume head to toe, and had a mask on. Being terrified of clowns I turned around and ran for what I thought was my life. I was screaming and shouting for help but no one was around, I was chased for about 20-30 seconds.” (Direct)
In The Sun, the quotations are less, only 5 compare to 9. Additionally, The Sun’s quotations are much briefer and easier to read than The Guardian’s ones.
“Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria–most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people