Feature Articles This lesson will teach you the conventions of feature articles and how approach writing your own. Feature article conventions Structural: Paragraphs Catchy heading In-depth story or issue Quotes from the article presented
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Feature Articles This lesson will teach you the conventions of feature articles and how approach writing your own.<br>
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Feature article conventions Structural:
Paragraphs
Catchy heading
In-depth story or issue
Quotes from the article presented in bold writing to engage the reader
Pictures
Language:
- Can be told from third or first person but most commonly third person
Depending on the audience language is colloquial or formal
Subjective point of view
Quotes from experts and people involved with the issue, facts and statistics, emotive language, rhetorical questions, speaking directly to the reader.<br>
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Planning a feature article A simple method for planning a feature article is PACS
Purpose (what is the topic and point of the article? Whaling? Gun laws? Teenage crime rates?)
Audience (who is the article targeted towards? Teenagers? Professional adults?)
Content (Fours ideas minimum)
Style ( which writing style would best suit the audience? Formal? Colloquial?)<br>
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Have a practise! You do not have to write these feature articles, just plan them!
EXAMPLE: Write a feature article about increasing teenage drug use
Purpose: to inform people about the increasing levels of drug use
Audience: teenagers and parents
Content---------------------------------------------------
Style: colloquial Feature article Introduction with case study Paragraph addressing the increase based on research Point of view of the parent from the case study Recommendations for solving the problem<br>
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Plan a few yourself using the examples below. Show your planning using the PACS method. Underage drinking in Australia
The banning of guns in America
The reliance on smartphones in society<br>
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Read the article below http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2281959/Apprentice-star-Katie-Hopkins-admits-I-wont-let-children-play-friends-I-deem-beneath-them.html
Remember- feature articles are subjective (opinion based) and sway towards a side.
While this feature article is controversial, it demonstrates subjectivity.
Answer the following questions:
What is your opinion on this issue?
What language techniques can you find in the article?
Find three subjective statements from the article and list them
Who are the quotes from in the article?<br>
Brainstorm: How has the author of the first article engaged the reader and provided reliable information?
What features make the second article a reliable feature article?<br>
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Task: Choose your own issue and write a feature article about it. Success Criteria:
Follows the structure conventions of a feature article
Correct sentence structure, punctuation, spelling and grammar
Issue is very clear throughout the whole article
A range of language features ( facts, statistics, quotes, emotive language etc.) are used throughout the article to engage the reader
Language is suitable to the intended audience
Paragraphed clearly<br>
