This gives the reader a context of the time the interview took place, it almost helps set a scene.

A lot of repetition of ‘I’ and ‘I’m’ shows the reader that this is a personal story that the editor has experienced.

NME

The type of language usedis not particularly sophisticatedor hard to understand. Most teenagers,young adults and adults would be ableto understand what’s being said.This article uses basic grammar andlanguage to target it’s demographic.

Q

This magazine article is an interview with Ed Sheeran. It’s language choicefocuses more on the artist and his opinions instead of the editors. This encourages readers that would like to know more about the artist, than the editors opinions, to read on.

Kerrang

Words like ‘Whore’ and ‘Prick’ are used to add a touch of rebellion to this interview. Kerrang’s target demographic is rebellious tweens, and language that they would not typically see in a magazine interview is chosen specifically to show that the magazine has been designed for them.

This magazine article is an interview with Jared Leto. Ithas chosen to spread it’s information across the page in small amounts. The languageused is simple, so the target audience can understand what they’re reading.

A catchy title has been chosen in order to draw readers in. This metaphor is used to make the readers of this magazine article want to find out what’s going to ‘make them think’.