Stylistic devices in ‘Homeless man finds violin’ article

• Newspaper headlines take the articles out and often use the present tense.

The phrase ‘Homeless man finds mysterious violin‘ written in a letter or in an essay would be ‘A homeless man has found a mysterious violin‘.

• In newspapers and in storytelling writers sometimes start sentences with a clause to create anticipation or a dramatic effect. The inversion of the usual order of clauses delays the facts and creates heightened interest in the reader.

One clear example of this in this text is ‘But this time, faced with the supposed importance of his find, he didn’t dream for a minute of …….. and finally we read ‘keeping his find for himself.’

Other examples of this technique are below:
Hidden under a cupboard in an abandoned house in Vence was a violin case……..
And inside, the instrument ….
Currently being kept in a safe in Vence police-station, the instrument …..

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