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Agenda Choosing Topics Types of Feature Stories Types of Feature Leads Body of a Feature Ending of a Feature Background Features stories read like nonfiction short stories Beginning middle and end ID: 272200

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Slide1

Feature WritingSlide2

Agenda

Choosing Topics

Types of Feature Stories

Types of Feature Leads

Body of a Feature

Ending of a FeatureSlide3

Background

Features stories read like nonfiction short stories

Beginning, middle and end

“Human Interest” or “Style” Pieces

May describe a person, place

or

idea more so than an event

May be less timely, local or “earthshaking” than hard news

Explore topics in greater depth than news

Still not personal opinion!

Fair, balanced, based on reliable information Slide4

Items to Include in Features

Borrow fiction writing techniques

Descriptions

Sensory details

Quotations

Anecdotes

Characterization

Setting

Plot structure

Other novelistic elementsSlide5

Choosing a Topic

Fresh, dramatic, colorful and exciting

Universal

Examples: Food, Clothing, Shelter, Belonging, Money, Leisure

News stories often spark spinoff topics

Fight in hallway Student needs/safetySlide6

Types of Features

Personality Profiles

Historical

Adventure

Seasonal

Explanatory

How To

Personal

Experience

Behind the Scenes

Participatory

Medical

Business

Unusual Occupation or Hobby Slide7

Personality Profile

Describe interesting people

Achieved success

Served community

Must reveal a person’s character

NOT just a list of achievements or important dates

Readers should feel like they’ve met the personSlide8

Historical

Commemorate dates of important events

Bombing of Hiroshima

Birthday of Nelson Mandela

9/11

Describe famous landmarks, pioneers, philosophies, educational initiatives, etc.

Consult historical documents or interview eye-witnesses to event Slide9

Adventure

Describe an unusual or exciting experience

Survival of an airplane crash

Climbed Everest

Quotations and descriptions are very importantSlide10

Seasonal

Seasons or holidays

Be careful not to be mundane

Find a new angle!

Focus on an individual

Unique traditions

Volunteering or community events Slide11

Explanatory

“Local situation”

“Interpretive”

“Sidebars”

Provide a more detailed description of topics in the news

Act of terrorism article Examine terrorists’ identity, tactics, or goals Slide12

How To

Perform a task

Build a home

Plant a garden

Train a puppy

Psychological issues

Survival skills

Avoid preaching or advice with personal opinion

Gather facts and tips from expertsSlide13

Unusual Occupation or Hobby

These jobs and hobbies tend to involve colorful or interesting people

Paint a picture

Person

How he/she got involved

Actual job or hobby Slide14

Personal Experience

First or second person

Writer appears in the story

Directly addresses audience

Do not give opinions Still focus on facts

Pick an interesting topic

Don’t dwell on insignificant details Slide15

Behind the Scenes

Take readers backstage

An inside look

Job

Event

Group

Conversation Slide16

Participatory

Writer actually experiences an event

Gives an inside look of goings onSlide17

Medical

Local health issues

Ethical issues

Common ailments

Mental illness

Gather facts from professionals and pair with quotes from subjects who have condition

Show experiences and feelings Slide18

Business

Promotions

New business ventures

Local economy

Elections

Look for the unusual or interesting Slide19

Types of Feature Leads

AP Summary

Similar to Hard News

Quotations

Questions

Action

Begin with the climax of the storySlide20

Leads Continued…

Descriptions

Sensory details to set the scene

Similar to setting and characters in a short story

Shocking facts

Anecdotes

Humorous play on words Slide21

Body of a Feature

Be coherent

Facts should fit together like a puzzle

Use brief and effective transitions

Be concise

Emphasize lively details and actionsSlide22

Body Continued…

Use several paragraphs of summary and some quotations and details to explain

ideas

Be specific

Use elements of literature

Slant the feature for a specific audienceSlide23

Ending of a Feature

Include a satisfying conclusion

Anecdote, quote, word or phrase that offers meaning

Avoid summaries

They are boring and repetitive

Edit and rewrite