Opinion article analysis

Publication	Style of writing	Characteristics
Modern tribes: the Twitter quitter	-Sarcastic -Narrative voice due to conversational tone(discourse markers used) -Personal	-Discourse community because people reading will understand the subject specific lexis -Informal
The independent voices: The death penalty situation in the US has just become even more absurd – something has to give	-Informative-statistics and figures -Formal -Biased against the US death penalty	-Statistics -Emotive language to persuade the reader to feel the same opinion
Cosmopolitan: Wait a minute… is this proof that Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio are actually dating?	-Entertainment -Gossip -Not factual -Conversational	-Quotes from different sources -Structure-short paragraphs for a quick read
The telegraph: The BBC needs to forget about the internet and find another Countryfile	-Factual -Predicting future events -Opinion	-Strong biased opinions. E.g. ‘Well, he’s wrong’