lecture

2. What is a feature?
> A feature is a non-fiction piece of writing
that tells/narrates stories about people,
places, and events. It also includes
narratives about personal experience,
issues, situations/ conditions, animals, and
the environment/nature. It is about
anything and everything under the sun.
> It is also called creative nonfiction for it
uses/borrows styles/techniques used by
literary writers (poets, novelists,

3. WHAT IS A FEATURE?
> Called a feature article, it is published in
newspapers, magazines, and online blogs.
> Its main purpose is to entertain. ( It is
said that news will make you "know";
editorial will make "think"; while feature
will make you "smile" and "happy."
> A good feature article should have a
"human interest"/ "kawilihang
pangkatauhan" angle which is " a situation
or condition that appeals to us because we
can relate to it."

4. > The style of writing is
narrative/pasalaysay,
descriptive/naglalarawan, and
expository/nagpapaliwanag.
WHAT IS A FEATURE?

6. > Since feature defies
classification due to its
being broad or
universal, I will only
give you a few of the
most common ones.

7. News feature /Balitang
lathalain
It is about a news or current event written or
reported in greater depth than a straight news
story. It looks at an ongoing/developing news
story from a different angle. It is also called a
"soft news" as opposed to the "hard news" or
"straight news" which is reported in the "
inverted pyramid" format. The news feature or
soft news is the most interesting or intriguing
part of the developing story/ breaking news
reported using the novelty lead/ unconventional
lead such as staccato, punch, question,
quotation, epigram,etc.

8. > It is published in the news section/
page, sometimes a sidebar to the
hard/straight news.
Examples:
> Yellow, orange, red.
These colors could save
your life.
In June 2012, PAGASA
launched a color rainfall
warning system using three
colors as code --- yellow,
orange, and red.
> Kambal iniluwal sa
evacuation center
sa kasagsagan ng
bagyong "Egay."

9. Profile/ Pangkatauhan
● a personality sketch/portrait of a person
or people who did/achieved something
interesting (good, bad, weird, queer,
controversial). Sometimes, an
organization or a community is
also "profiled.“
Examples:
My Pandemic Hero
The Most Important Person In The World
Today

10. Personal Experience
--your experience is a good topic/ subject
for a feature story.
Examples:
1,000 Words That Brought Me To New York
City
5 Minutes At The Top Of The World ( My Mt.
Everest Trek)
√ Nang Una Akong Sumakay Ng Eroplano

11. FYI ( For-your- information)
This feature article gives information to
readers. The writer enumerates and discussed
points.
Examples:
- 8 Things To Know About
- Climate Change
- What you should know about A. I.
- Karma: Mga Dapat Mong Malaman
- Baha: Hindi lahat bad ang dulot

12. DIY (Do-it-yourself)
This feature article shows readers how to do
something, step-by-step. The writer enumerates an
discusses ways, steps, or procedure, as in the FYI
Examples:
101 things to do when you have nothing to do
How To Become A Poet
Gusto Kong Maging
Feature Writer: 13 Paraan Kung Paano Paano
Maging

14. Title/ headline
- in a few words, the title should capture the
essence of the entire article/ story. It should be
the feature article in a capsule. Just think of the
titles of movies/films, books, poems...
- A word, phrase (parirala), clause (sugnay),
question, quotation, sayings, and short
declarative sentence can be used as titles of
feature article.

15. Title/ headline
Example:
- Me ( the most important person in the
world
today)
- What Grade 6 Pupils Want
- Mahalin Ang Pilipinas: Bakit?
- Bayang Magiliw: Teka, May

16. Nagigiliw Pa Ba Sa Bayan Natin?
√ Byline
√ Introduction/ Pambungad --- a word,
question, short declarative sentence,
saying/adage, quoted statement, line of poetry,
lyric of song, or a verse may open your feature
article.
Examples:
- Weird.
- This best describes
- Totoo ba ang deja vu?
- Ang feeling ko kasi
nakarating na ako sa
Pyramid of Giza.

17. Discussion/ Pagtalakay.
It may consist of three or more
sentence-paragraphs. All facts, figures,
statistics, quoted statements, research
evidence, sources/references, and other
pertinent details are presented here.

18. Ending/ Wakas
- end your feature article just like the
way you opened it.

21. Reporting Play-By-Play Account
A Play-By-Play account is a sports news
based on the results or outcomes of
plays or games. Also known as blow-by-
blow account, this type of sports news
narrates the results of games/events
such as basketball, volleyball,
badminton, tennis, swimming, athletics,
gymnastics, etc.

22. How to gather facts/data for a play-by-play
account?
> Cover the game. Be an "eyewitness." Be
there while the game unfolds/ is being held.
> Get the scores of both the
the winning and losing teams/players.
> Interview players/athletes, especially the
winners, and coaches to know their feelings
and background info related to the event.
> Write your report immediately after the
game in the inverted pyramid format.

23. Parts of sports news
> Headline/ sometimes, the headline has
a kicker
> Byline / the name of the reporter
> Lead. The lead of the play-by-play
account answers the questions: Who
won? Against whom? By what score?
In what sport? In what division, stage, or
tournament?

24. Parts of sports news
> Body/text --- second paragraph to the last
paragraph.
It contains the other winners/ medalists,
interviews, quoted statements, stats, other
scores/ time clocking, names of coaches, etc.
Against whom? By what score? In what
sport/event, division, stage, tournament?
where? when?