Newspaper Headlines
Thursday January 1, 2009
Many students have difficulty understanding newspaper headlines. This is because newspaper headlines are often incomplete. For example:
Difficult Times Ahead Under Pressure from Boss Mustang Referral Customer Complaint
Here is a guide to the most common grammar exceptions in newspaper headlines, as well as tips on how to understand them. I've also created a newspaper headlines lesson plan for use in your classes.
Comments
Newspaper headline is never meant to convey the full meaning; they intentionally omitted words to tempt readers to follow. If reading the headline says all, the incentive to read the full-text diminishes…
Not bad! but I think this headline tells the content…Thank you for this lesson, I am enjoying myself with it