Examples
Zack Baron wrote this GQ feature article on an actor who stars in Greta Gerwig's film "Barbie" (2023).
What is "The Return of Ryan Gosling"?
Texts whose primary focus is to explore an idea or variety of topics.
These texts involve the discussion of an idea(s) or opinion(s) without the direct intention of persuading the reader, listener or viewer to adopt any single point of view.
What is a discursive text?
A brief story that makes a point
What is an anecdote?
Reported speech that repeats the actual words of a speaker
What is direct speech?
A rule or piece of advice for creative writing.
It lets the reader experience what a character in the story experiences, rather than explaining or describing what the character experiences.
What is "show, don't tell"?
Author of the Refinery 29 feature article "The Barbie is the Fashion Event of the Season"
Who is Frances Solá-Santiago?
Feature Articles "feature"
What are people or topics?
What is the diamond structure?
The representation of characters (persons, etc.) in narrative and dramatic works.
What is characterisation?
Frances Solá Santiago and Zack Baron are both based in this country
What is the U.S.?
A type of journalism that is light-hearted or entertaining.
What is soft news? What is soft media?
A line of words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a feature article.
What is a headline?
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
What is hyperbole?
The town and city where Gosling grew up
What is Cornwall, Ontario?
Political events, problems or topics of discussion.
What are current affairs?
A literary technique in the opening of a story that catches the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading.
What is a hook?
An object or idea that repeats throughout a story that gives the story meaning and significance.
What is a motif?
What is exposition?
Says of Ryan Gosling, "He likes to kind of sleuth around. He more sleuth-y than macho, you know?"
Who is Emily Blunt?
3 forms of Discursive texts
What are newspaper feature articles, magazine articles, blogs, creative nonfiction, personal essays, documentaries, or speeches?
An underlying idea in a text
What is theme?
5 Types of Imagery
What is visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory and visceral imagery?
What is tone?