Newspaper Article

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Newspaper Articles

A newspaper article informs readers about a topic.

Types of 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

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.
Whether you are writing a newspaper article for a tabloid or a broadsheet matters in the exam.

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

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

1.1Key Terms

1.1.1Key Terms - Nouns, Verbs & Sentences

1.1.2Key Terms - Sentence and Clause Types

1.1.3Key Terms - Words, Sounds & Language

1.1.4Key Terms - Types of Language

1.1.5Key Terms - Images, Symbols & Mood

1.1.6Key Terms - Mood & Feelings

1.1.7Key Terms - Other Techniques

1.1.8End of Topic Test - Key Terms

2Language Devices

2.1Language Devices

2.1.1Metaphors

2.1.2Similes

2.1.3Metaphors & Similes HyperLearning

2.1.4Personification

2.1.5Pathetic Fallacy

2.1.6Puns & Oxymorons

2.1.7Hyperbole & Emotive Language

2.1.8Alliteration

2.1.9Sibilance

2.1.10Onomatopoeia

2.1.11Recap: Language Devices

2.1.12End of Topic Test - Language Devices

3Writing Structure

3.1Writing Structure

3.1.1Narrators

3.1.2Paragraphs

3.1.3Tense

3.1.4Present vs Past vs Future Tense

3.1.5Foreshadowing

3.1.6Structure

3.1.7End of Topic Test - Writing Structure

4Section B: Reading & Writing

5Section C: Writing

5.1Writing Task

5.1.1Discursive Writing

5.1.2Narrative Writing

5.1.3Descriptive Writing

5.1.4End of Topic Test - Writing Task

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