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Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles
A newspaper article informs readers about a topic.
What are the types of newspaper articles?
What are the types of newspaper articles?
- Newspaper articles contain lots of facts.
- Reporters will often write in an informative style and use a wise tone.
- Personal newspaper columns are written by writers expressing their own opinion. Personal points of view and the writer's personality will be expressed more than in a normal newspaper article.
- The writing style will often be less formal and more engaging than that used in a news report.
Audience for newspaper articles
Audience for newspaper articles
- There are two main types of newspapers:
- Tabloid newspapers generally focus on spectacular events, sports, and gossip.
- E.g. The Sun.
- Broadsheet newspapers generally comment on more sophisticated topics and focus on writing about information and things like politics.
- E.g. The Telegraph.
- Tabloid newspapers generally focus on spectacular events, sports, and gossip.
- Whether you are writing a newspaper article for a tabloid or a broadsheet matters in the exam.
Features of newspaper articles
Features of newspaper articles
- An interesting or original title and makes the reader want to find out more.
- A strapline (which is a sentence that adds some detail or colour to the title).
- Subheadings break up the article
- An introductory paragraph usually gives a brief summary of the whole article.
- Paragraphs that flow well into each other.
Tips for writing newspaper articles
Tips for writing newspaper articles
- Consider your use of images – do not draw on your paper but you can draw a box and state what the image would be.
- Do not separate your writing into columns.
1Key Terms
2Language Techniques
2.1Language Devices
3Paper 1: Reading
4Paper 1: Writing
5Paper 2: Reading
5.1DAFORESTER
6Paper 2: Writing
6.1Structuring Your Answer
6.2Types of Writing
6.3Writing to...
6.3.1Writing to Inform
6.3.2Writing to Inform - Example
6.3.3Writing to Explain
6.3.4Writing to Explain - Example
6.3.5Writing to Persuade
6.3.6Writing to Persuade - Example
6.3.7Writing to Argue
6.3.8Writing to Argue - Example
6.3.9Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue
6.3.10Writing to Advise
6.3.11Writing to Advise - Example
6.3.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
6.3.13Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Writing
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1Key Terms
2Language Techniques
2.1Language Devices
3Paper 1: Reading
4Paper 1: Writing
5Paper 2: Reading
5.1DAFORESTER
6Paper 2: Writing
6.1Structuring Your Answer
6.2Types of Writing
6.3Writing to...
6.3.1Writing to Inform
6.3.2Writing to Inform - Example
6.3.3Writing to Explain
6.3.4Writing to Explain - Example
6.3.5Writing to Persuade
6.3.6Writing to Persuade - Example
6.3.7Writing to Argue
6.3.8Writing to Argue - Example
6.3.9Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue
6.3.10Writing to Advise
6.3.11Writing to Advise - Example
6.3.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
6.3.13Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Writing
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