Writing to Inform
... also learn things, like his age, and home. Details of his age and other earnings are the not the primary aim of this article, the primary aim is to inform the reader of events that have gone on involving Michael Jackson. 4) The writer starts of by calling Michael Jackson by his full name, but then immediately drops the forename, and refers to him as Jackson. He refers to places and TV programmes etc. in full, for example he refers to Los Angeles in full instead of the abbreviated form L.A used in some papers and magazines, so it keeps it formal and limits confusion for the reader. 5) Some specialist terms are used when the writer is describing how Michael Jackson went about putting a curse on people. An example of the specialist terms used is ‘Jackson, who underwent a "blood bath" as part of the ritual’. The specialist term blood bath is not actually explained within the text, but by using common sense, the audience it is aimed at could work it out logically. 6) A lot of facts and figures are used within the article. Many of them relating to money or the ages of people mentioned. There are almost two facts or figures in each paragraph. Examples of the ways facts and figures are used are ‘have left him $240 million in debt.’ and ‘and 23 other people’. The facts that are used are all true, so the reader knows that when he relates to the money, it is not an opinion or guess. Only one image is used in the whole of the article, and this is placed at the top, next to the opening paragraph and headline. It is image of the main person involved in the article, Michael Jackson and is an up to-date picture too. The article has no stories or anecdotes, and has no quotes either from any individuals. The article goes into some detail when mentioning Michael Jackson’s money issues. The writer goes on about his debts and how they have amounted to that much. In the last paragraph the writer shows an example of this by writing ‘Jackson has also run up nearly $4 million per year in expenses from his Neverland Valley ranch in central California, where in April 2001 his amus...