News Articles

1. Quotations

1.1. what someone has said/when someone is talking

1.1.1. someone who was there

1.1.2. someone who is an expert

1.1.3. someone asked opinion

1.1.4. shares more information about who was there, or what happened

2. by line

2.1. tells us the author of the article

2.2. who they work for

2.2.1. sometimes gives title

3. body of article

3.1. short paragraphs

3.1.1. 2-3 sentences

3.2. perspective

3.2.1. third person

3.2.1.1. they, he, she

3.2.1.2. NO I STATEMENTS!

3.2.1.3. objective - no opinions, just facts

3.3. structure

3.3.1. inverted pyramid structure

3.3.1.1. lead first: W5H questions answered

3.3.1.2. most important details first, least important at end

4. Newspaper

4.1. sections

4.1.1. tells us at top of article (News, Sports, Classifieds, etc.)

5. Pictures

5.1. have captions

5.1.1. tells what the picture is about

5.2. show/depict the story

6. Headlines

6.1. eye catching

6.2. attention grabbing

6.3. bold, big

6.4. Cliffhanger that makes you want to read article

6.5. often use figurative language