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- 1. FEATURE WRITING “..deals with the emotion and intellect of the reader..”
- 2. What is a Feature Story or Feature Article?
- 3. What is a Feature Story or Feature Article? • It is a composition that deals with the emotion and intellect of the reader which aims to entertain , instruct, advise or inform at the same time • may be of any length ranging from a long magazine article published ( Reader's Digest)
- 4. • may be timely or not • may be written in any form and style • caters human interest
- 5. FEATURE spells: F – factual not fictitious E – entertaining A – appealing to the emotions T – timely or not timely U – unusual R – reader-oriented E – explanation
- 6. What do features do? (Functions of Features) •Profile people who make news •Analyze what’s happening in the world, nation, or community •Suggest better ways to live
- 7. • Teach an audience how to do something • Examine trends • Explain events that move or shape the news
- 8. Characteristics of a Good Feature Writer: 1) He knows how to look for features from beneath the surface of every day's event. 2) He investigates every angle before starting to write in order to get the story behind the story. 3) He is a keen observer.
- 9. 4. He has varied interests. 5. He has the ability to write features interestingly.
- 10. HOWTO WRITE THE FEATURE Structure or parts: 1. Title – “come-on” head 2. Lead (feature lead) – 1st sentence or paragraph of the story 3. Body – development of the story 4. Conclusion or ending
- 11. 1. Human Interest Sketch 2. Biographical Feature 3. Narrative Feature 4. Historical Feature 5. Personality Sketch 6. Confession 7. Travelogue 8. What to Do and How to Do Articles Types of Feature Articles...
- 12. Human Interest Sketch - this type stresses human, humorous or pathetic incidents or romance or love. - the human emotion angle is given emphasis in order to catch the attention or arouse the feeling of the reader
- 13. Biographical Feature - sketches about interesting people, both men and women who are worth telling
- 14. Narrative - this type of feature is based on desription, on-the-scene observations and personal comment. - makes use of the the first person, quotes and a sequence of action
- 15. Historical Feature - dealing with the events or personalities othe past but still have the interest for present-day readers because the facts they give are --- timely, unique and offer interesting speculation
- 16. Personality Sketch - the writer's duty is bound to make special stress upon the personal traits, characteristice,point of view and philosophy, as well as achievement - the writer gives a total picture of the person
- 17. Confession - considered to be the most delicate and difficult to handle - requires extra caution in revealing the “inside story” for the first time
- 18. Travel Sketch/ travelogue - satisfies human desire for more knowledge about things outside our immediate experience by telling of 1)unusual or interesting people 2)unusual or interesting places
- 19. What to Do - these are those that tell what to do during specific instances ( earthquake, flood, emergency)
- 20. How to Do Features - tell steps or procedures ( how to lose weight, how to move on, tips to be happy)
- 21. Lead... - the lead must catch the spirit of the story and create the proper tone ; serious, sarcastic, ironic, melancholic.
- 22. TYPES OF FEATURE LEADS.... 1. Question Lead Who says that poverty is a hindrance to success? 2. Startling statement “Hindi pa kami laos!”
- 23. 3. Narrative Lead It was 23rd day of May, the sun is at its peek when a sudden bomb exploded taking 100 lives mercilessly.
- 24. 4. Quotation Lead “ I live because I love.” 5. Punch Lead He died.
- 25. 6. Contrast Lead I love you, but I hate you. 7. Descriptive Lead She's the sky that holds the clouds. She's the lady of the house - a blind believer in all that I dared to be.
- 26. 1) Summary of the whole article 2) Conclusion 3) Suggestions 4) Prediction 5) Quotation 6) Challenge Ways to End the story...
Editor's Notes
- the main aim of news is to inform, but feature aims to entertain,give instruction or adivices to the reader. it may be of different length, not necessarily long and not necessarily short. The length depends upon the idea and flow of the writer's story.
- profiles celebrities, their lifestyle and their personal information features current events in the world for ex. the last Miss Universe or the experiences of the family of drug users or drug victims
- knows how to dig up stories behind the stories knows how to investigate every angle, considers different point of view before writing up observant enough to know what interests the lublic even more.
- title---- may be one word, or more, not necessariliy to have a verb, unlike the news lead --- can be question or in any, form, unlike news which needs the most important details the development ofthe story, the eleboration and prsentation of the story the summarization or ending, might be a phrase, realization or a solution.