Comparison 1
Steve Smith’s Cheating Is Only Shocking If You Don’t Get Cricket
The opinion column uses a mix of first person and third person explanations. The first person explanations on the author's own cricket experiences, which created the effect of ethos. This was quite effective for someone like me, who doens't know much about cricket. The third person narration of the events that occurred, which is in the third person, is used to give a more objective ground from which the author's opinions build off of. The voice of the narrative is not someone involved in the event itself, but someone who has played cricket plentifully, and can likely relate and understand how and why things transpired as they did.
Justin Gatlin gatecrashes Usain Bolt’s
London 2017 farewell party in 100m
The narrative is fully in the third person, which gives the article an all-round more objective view. The article is fully narrated in the past-tense, which is normal for a news report iterating on events that have already occurred. However, when it comes to the detailed and atmospheric descriptions of the races, the effect of past tense is mitigated, and the way the story is explained as it occurs involves the reader in the story.
Comparison 2
EU corruption charges 'very serious', says Von der Leyen
The article uses third person and past-tense narration, in order to provide an objective recounting of events. The article doesn't provide an argument, as it isn't intended to be persuasive. Similarly, it follows the inverted pyramid structure. The information provided is intended to allow the reader to come to their own conclusions.
Michigan school shooting reveals the epidemic America is ignoring
The opinion column more closely follows the criminal plea. While the narration style is similar to that of the article, attempts are made to bring the events closer to the reader, such as referring to victims of shootings as "our children". The column also has a more emotional tone, rather than the objectiveness of the news article.