Read the report given under Example 1 and answer the following questions:

What is the title or the headline of the report?

What did the President promise in his address?

You must have noticed that the reporter refers to previous joint sessions of Parliament. What is the purpose of such references in a report?

Read the report given under Example 1 and answer the following questions:

Which is the lead paragraph of the report?

Have you noticed any observation of the reporter which is not directly connected with the content of the speech? What is the use of such observations?

Question: The same address of the President (given on Feb. 20, 1986) was reported in a different manner in The Tribune Chandigarh. The headline and the lead paragraph of the report are given below. Compare and contrast the headlines and the lead paragraphs in the two reports.

PRESIDENT ASSURES AKALIS OF SUPPORT

New Delhi, February 20 (P.T.I.; U.N.I.). The President, Giani Zail Singh. today asked the Punjab Government to isolate "those who are resorting to violence to disturb communal harmony and peace" and assured the ruling Akali Dal that in its "supreme tasks it would have the support of all political forces committed to the unity and integrity of the country.”

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