POV
Text Structure
Parts of an Article
Article things
Other Article things
100

Narrator is a part of the story (character).

Often uses I or we.

First Person 

100

In order of time

Chronological

100

The name of the newspaper

Masthead

100

Article form meant to inform the reader about serious topics/events in a short, concise, and informative manner. 

Hard News Article

100

An authors particular POV

Bias
200

Usually for instructions

Uses “You”; from “your” perspective.

Second Person

200

Steps described in the order they occur.

Sequence

200

Headline

The title of an article

200

A blend of information and entertainment often about less serious topics and often seek to persuade/ debate their issues, providing depth and meaning through arguing.  

Soft News Article

200

A belief about a something, not necessarily based on facts 

Opinion

300

Narrator is all knowing.

Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

Third-Person Omniscient

300

Explains reasons why something happened.

Or explains the effects of something.

Cause and Effect

300

A short sentence that summarizes the article 

Sub-Heading 

300

The famous 5 W's 

Who

What

When

Where 

Why

400

Narrator is limited to one character.

Tells thoughts & feelings of one character

Third-Person Limited

400

Shows what’s in common and what’s different.

Compare and Contrast

400

The name and job title of the person writing the article 

By-line

400

A piece of information used as evidence

Fact

500

Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings. 

Only character’s dialogue and actions are narrated.

Third-Person Objective

500

Author states a problem and solution(s).

Similar to cause and effect.

Problem and Solution

500

When and where the story happened

Date line

500

a fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.


Statistic