Monday, 23 September 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424390/Ayvani-Hope-Perez-Georgia-girl-abducted-home-mother-valuables-robbers.html 'Kidnappers demand $10,000 for safe return of Georgia teen snatched from her own home' The noun 'Kidnappers' instantly have an effect as it would grab the attention of anyone who sees. 'Teen' is used as a noun, this is to make the reader even more interested as the person who has been kidnapped is also a young person which makes the story a bit more interesting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424194/iPhone-5S-launch-fans-line-outside-Apples-Fifth-Avenue-store-ahead-Fridays-official-launch.html 'The madness begins! Apple fans start lining up outside flagship New York store ahead of Friday's iPhone 5S launch' The noun 'madness' is used to draw people in to read the article. This is because the word 'madness' could mean a number of things depending on the context, for example with this article, the madness is that loads of people will queue for hours just to get a mobile phone.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424123/Guard-dogs-protected-Prince-William-RAF-duty-destroyed-days-quits.html 'Two guard dogs that protected Prince William on RAF duty are destroyed days after he quits because they couldn't be redeployed or re-homed' The noun that will attract readers in this article is 'dog' this would potentially attract all owners of dogs or pet lovers. Also the use of a proper nouns 'Prince William' attracts a lot more people who are interested in the royal family.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424349/Elephant-tramples-baby-death-just-moments-born-German-Zoo.html 'Caught on camera: elephant tramples baby to death just moments after it was born at German zoo' Baby is the main noun that will attract the most attention as any story that has a baby involved has the potential to interest anyone. The post-modifier 'death' really effects the main noun 'baby' because without reading the article or even the end of the title we can get the idea of what the story is going to be about.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424259/GTA-5-robbery-Man-stabbed-buying-Grand-Theft-Auto-V.html 'Three teenagers arrested over man stabbed on his way home from buying new Grand Theft Auto V game' The noun 'man' isn't particularly attracting but the post-modifier 'stabbed' gives us the idea of what the story is going to be about and interests the reader.