Today I have started researching newspaper articles and the type of language that is used. I have an idea for my second main article about an haunted house. I am going to look at supernatural relalted articles to see the codes and conventations that newspaper use when talking about supernatural activity.
I used the search website google to see if they have been any haunted house stories and I found one.
Here is an extract from "Top 10 haunted houses in the uk" from the guardian newspaper "Tuesday 14th October 2008"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/14/haunted-hotels-uk
"It was reported on September 25 1570 that the Lady Marion Carruthers "did willfully take her own life by leaping from the lookout tower of Comlongon Castle and did break her head and bones". It's no surprise to learn that grass refused to grow on the spot where the cruelly imprisoned wife struck the ground or that her sorrowful spirit still stalks this luxurious mediaeval castle on the Scottish borders. The fact that her ghost is green, smells of apples and moves jewellery around rooms is perhaps a little bit special. Marion hunters should request the Carruthers suite, her centre of operations."
As you can see the language used is direct and it connects straight with the audience. When I am writing my second main article I will use this article for inspiration
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