Teen Robbed At Knifepoint By Gang In Melbourne: Article Analysis

Good Morning Miss Thomson and 8A,
In this day and age, news is everywhere. We can look at our phones in an instant and see the latest news. We see and hear news on the TV and radio in our cars. We take in news media every day. How are teenagers seen by others? Are we portrayed as good people doing good things or bad kids unleashing mayhem in schools and on the streets? A story released on the 13th of March this year by News.com infers that we are represented as immoral young adults causing mayhem on the street. Is that how we want to be portrayed to others through the media? How can these views on teenagers change and what even are these views?
My chosen article is “Teen robbed at knifepoint by gang in Melbourne” written by David Hurley on

Features such as emotive and evaluative language, as well as cohesion and a hyperbole used to represent teenagers negatively. In the article, emotive language is used to show emotion, and this adds more information to the article and gives the reader a point of view on the article. Examples of cohesion are used, e.g. “Meanwhile police have arrested” and “He was then”. These cohesion examples are applied in this article to show passing of time and further set time and place and give the audience more insight to when and where these things took place. A hyperbole is used “The victim was bashed with a plank of wood”. The victim would have been hit with the plank but bashed is an overstatement. In this article, “Police are still looking for two men in relation to the terrifying home invasion.” Terrifying tells us that this is a scary incident and changes our views on the topic and is therefore an example of emotive language. Evaluative language is used as well to evaluate the worth of something. For example, “An 18 – year – old Fitzroy man has been charged with a number of offences, including aggravated home invasion, aggravated burglary, burglary, intentionally and recklessly causing injury, assault with a weapon and other assault-related offences.” This list of offences evaluates the worth of his crimes. Through the effective use of these language features (emotive and evaluative language), readers establish a negative point

However, text structures are basically identical to a print- based text you might find in a newspaper. The headline “Teen robbed at knifepoint by gang in Melbourne” is located at the top of the page in large, bold writing. Underneath the headline is the by-line. The by-line includes a sentence briefly explaining the issue, underneath is the author’s name (David Hurley), the newspaper and date. The original source is the Herald Sun and the article was released on the 13th of March 2018. Below that is an image that draws your attention when first looking at it. The image is based on the article shows a man holding a knife is relevant to the article as it is about an armed robbery. The caption underneath the image explains what the image is about. It reads “A teenager was bashed and robbed by a gang in Melbourne’s South-East.” The written information underneath is structured using the Inverted Pyramid method. This method puts the most vital information up the top and filters down to the least important at the bottom. This structure is used to give the most information to the reader as possible. To break up the writing, poll and links are incorporated in the article. Polls and links keep the audience interested and normally links relate to the chosen topic. Many text structures are used and incorporated into this article to keep the audience engaged and