Literary techniques in journalism essay writing : an applied on the national Day “89” in Saudi digital journalism

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To what extent does the press article rely on Literary Techniques to direct content on the Saudi National Day? Applied study on Al-Yaum newspaper, from January – July 2020.

The main objective of this study was identified that to what extent does the press article rely on Literary Techniques to direct content on the Saudi National Day?,The descriptive method is used to describe the situation and analyse the results.

Observation and content analysis sheets were used as tools of this study.

27 opinion essays were represented an Intentional sample, from content analysis population.

The results were: All the articles published on the 89th National Day in the digital newspaper Al-Youm used literary methods except for the assonance style that was not used by the writers.

The types of opinion essays that dealt with themes of patriotism are the most essays used the rhetorical methods.

The published articles aimed to enhance the value of patriotism.