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Types of Features
Characteristics of Features
Narrative Writing
Personal Narrative
Personality Profile
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A special human interest story article that is not closely tied to a recent news event. It focuses on particular people, places, and events, and it goes into great detail regarding concepts and ideas of specific market interest
What is a feature story?
100
A statement that can be proven
What is a fact?
100
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
What is a narrative
100
To tell someone about what happened to you or how you feel about it.
What is the purpose?
100
Not a biography
What is a profile?
200
This type of feature discusses a person or people in an emotional way. It presents people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest, sympathy or motivation in the reader or viewer.
What is a human interest story?
200
Synonym for pertinent
What is relevance?
200
should engage your reader with an interesting story in the first two paragraphs. It is the hook.
What is a narrative lead?
200
People that read the story
What is the audience?
200
Person who is well-known
What is a celebrity?
300
Closely tied to a recent news event.
What is News Feature?
300
A side issue
What is a sidebar?
300
Part of the narrative that contains the information.
What is the body?
300
the general character attitude
What is the tone?
300
Characteristics that define a person; makes them who they are
What is a personality?
400
an article about an individual
What is a profile?
400
the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.
What is quality?
400
Ending with a quote that sums up the essence of the essay.
What is a kicker?
400
Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, and Smell
What are the five senses?
400
An interview is an example of this type of writing.
What is a personality profile?
500
an in-depth, often magazine-length article that paints a picture of a particular place and the people who work or live there.
What is a live-in feature?
500
a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something.
What is quality
500
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
500
Bringing out the meaning and making it understandable.
What is interpreting?
500
A state of mind or feeling
What is the mood?