Rolling Stone

The language in this text seems formal. The

repetition of “I” means that this article is talking about

their experience of listening to Stevie Nicks. It also

uses a range of expressive vocabulary such as

“angelic”, “pure” and “mystique” to describe her and

her music. The writer chooses to make her as unique

as she uses the word “storyteller” to make her feel

like she’s telling you a story in one of her songs. in

the headings, the superlative “best” has been used

twice and this emphasises that this singer must be a

musical legend. the ideal audience for this part of the

text is aimed at adults aged 30 and over as this page

reminisces about a late singer from their childhood.

Q MagazineIt uses descriptive language when it is

describing Lana Del Rey’s appearance: it says that

she appears as “demonic” in her “white slip

dress”with “blood running down”. This language

seems to have a dark tone to it because it describes her as

a ghost “mourning”. she uses hedging by saying “that”

which makes her response a bit too confusing.

She then responds fully “that’s my life”- the singer

might have said something personal about herself.

From this part of a double page spread, I can learn

that the writer uses powerful vocabulary by the words “bruised”

and “broken”. this could convey the singer’s emotional state. In

my opinion, I find this page clever as it full of devices used

to make it look very interesting for readers to. When I will be

in the process of making my own double page spread, i will

use this as an inspiration when i write a particular story that will

interest my target audience.

In this part of the same double page spread,

the writer is talking about their second

encounter with Lana, they decide to use the

descriptive tone from the first column. she is

wearing a ‘white crop top and jeans”. the writer

could be implying her latest fashion trend but it could

possibly the

way she dresses daily. there is also expressive

language: Lana is “bright, engaging and unfailingly

sweet”. they are trying to convey her in a positive light.

I think that the audience admire a singer because

of the way they’re portrayed; it depends on what other

people or other celebrities think of them.

DJ Magazine

this page is mostly filled with a biography

about this DJ called Per Martinsen or as known as

Mental Overdrive. It

also contains some quotations from him but it

also highlights his songs such as “Everything Is

Connected” which is his second album. I can see

some expressive language such as “legendary”

and “godfather” to imply his relationship with

electronic music and that he is a “major influence”

to everyone who listens to his music but also describes

him as a legend. the title “Makin’ Noise” appears in every

issue when there’s an exclusive news coming up. I

believe that this language is informal in order to appeal

to the younger audience who read this. I will try to avoid

making my magazine look dull and very wordy which

would put them off from reading it. This page is very interesting

as it is only focusing on the DJ’s point of view. He doesn’t

use that much complex vocabulary as it says so on his

quotations which emphasises the simplicity of the magazine.

when I get the chance to write my double page spread, I will

make sure that I don’t use too much words that my readers

will find difficult to understand.

According to me, i think the appropriate audience

for this spread is mostly for teenagers aged 16-18 years and adults

in their late 20s. The reason for this is that some of their target

audience might have took an interest in this DJ whether before or after

the 90s ended. This also makes this DJ relevant in today’s music.