Headline homework

King Elvis dead

‘Elvis’ is the head noun; ‘King’ is the pre modifier and dead is the post modifier. This headline had to be short and to the point as the subject matter was extremely devastating. The effect that the shortness of the headline gives is hard hitting and the lack of words allow people to process the topic and go straight to the rest of the information.

 

There’s a car bomb coming into town

‘Bomb’ is the head noun, the determiner is the letter ‘a’, the pre modifier is car and the post modifier is the phrase ‘coming into town’. This headline is very disturbing however it is worded comically as the headline resembles that of a jingle people sing at Christmas.

 

Man tries to kidnap baby from McDonald’s parking lot

‘Man’ and ‘baby’ are both nouns however ‘baby’ is the head noun. ‘From McDonald’s’ parking lot is the post modifier and ‘to’ is the determiner. The style of this headline is assertive and to the point. This is because all of the main information is in the headline but it is relatively short.

 

Inmate gets trapped in tunnel after trying to escape Brazilian prison

‘Tunnel’ is the head noun, ‘trapped in tunnel’ is the pre modifier and the whole phrase ‘after trying to escape Brazilian prison’ is the post modifier. ‘In’ is the determiner. This headline uses multiple verbs to explain itself. This is because without them the reader would be confused as to how the situation occurred.

 

Beauty salon boss is ordered to pay £3000 for putting rubbish in wrong bin bag

‘Boss’ is the head noun and beauty salon is the pre modifier. ‘Ordered to pay’ is the post modifier and the word ‘to’ is the determiner. This headline uses harsh verbs like “ordered” as it makes the situation seem even worse. The whole noun phrase is used at the beginning of the head line to provide the reader with the context first.

 

Fisherman reels in SUPER-FISH off the coast of Japan

‘Fish’ is the head noun. ‘Fisherman reels’ is the pre modifier and ‘in’ is the determiner. ‘Coast of Japan’ is the post modifier and ‘off’ is also a determiner. The head noun is actually just the word ‘FISH’ however the word super, which is a superlative, is used with the head noun to make the story seem exciting because otherwise the story would sound extremely boring.

 

 

Shamed teaching assistant, 30, escapes jail after she had admitted having sex with a teenage student

‘Assistant’ is the head noun. ‘Shamed teaching’ is the pre modifier as it is before the head noun. ‘Escapes jail’ is the post modifier as it is after the head noun and the ‘a’ at the end is the determiner. This headline is in active voice as it starts off with the teaching assistant. This makes the sentence make sense because if it was in passive voice it would be too long and complicated.

 

Man Found Dead In Graveyard

‘Man’ is the head noun and ‘found dead’ is the post modifier. ‘In’ is the determiner and there is no pre modifier as it is active voice and the sentence starts off with ‘man’. This headline gives a comical yet shocking element to its story as you would usually find dead people in a graveyard however as it has made a headline the audience would be intrigued because there would be something unusual about it.

 

Missing girl, 16, murdered

The word ‘Girl’ is the head noun and ‘missing’ is the pre modifier. ‘Murdered’ is the post modifier and ‘16’ is use of extra information to give more detail to the story. This headline is short and to the point which gives the reader of the article an instant response of shock and sadness because of how upsetting the event is. This headline is active voice as it begins with the phrase ‘missing girl’. This also tells the reader that this story had gone on for a while because she went missing, this makes the story seem even more distressing.

Baby stolen at hospital

‘Baby’ is the head noun as it is the focus of the sentence. There is no pre modifier however ‘stolen at hospital’ is the post modifier. ‘At’ is the determiner and stolen is the verb which helps make the sentence make sense as it puts it in past tense. This headline is also short and to the point and is in active voice. The active voice helps make the headline even more heart breaking as the word it starts off with is ‘Baby’. The word baby makes the is associated with innocence and allows certain readers like mothers, for example, to relate to the topic as it could affect their emotions.