Features of a Newspaper Article
The large print that captures readers' attention
Headline
Has either keywords or ideas that they want to communicate. The most important piece of information (who/what/where/when/why).
Lead sentence
An article that focuses on exactly what happened.
Hard news article
A figure of speech involving the comparison two things, using 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
Descriptive writing used to create an image in the reader’s mind.
Imagery
A visual to grab the reader’s attention and is representative of the contents of the article
Picture/photograph
Filled with other relevant information that supports the Lead Paragraph. Can include background info, statistics, quotes and links to further information. Usually appears from most important information to least important.
Supplementary Paragraphs
A story published/broadcast by only one source.
Exclusive
A comparison where one thing is said to be another.
Metaphor
Repeated words or ideas to emphasize a particular idea.
Repetition
A line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article
Byline
An article that is often regularly printed, but not necessarily connected with the news. A human-interest piece.
Feature Article
Articles about the challenge and rivalry, business and promotion, ethics and sportsmanship of teams and individuals.
Sports Articles
Is a phrase used to describe any words that have an emotional effect on an audience.
Emotive Language
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line.
Internal Rhyme
Newspapers Title
Masthead
The point of view/perspective of a story
Angle
Stories that are always relevant
Evergreen stories
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
When a speaker gives an object or idea human characteristics, abilities, or qualities.
Personification
States what the image contains.
Caption
The words in an article.
Copy
Articles that focuses on popular culture and the entertainment business and its products.
Entertainment Articles
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle, buzz).
Onomatopoeia
Words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally.
Idiom