FEATURE ARTICLE
What the structure of a feature article?
•TITLE
•INTRODUCTION / HOOK
•BODY
•CONCLUSION
IDENTIFY THE THREE THINGS
① _________ :What are we discussing?
② ________: What does the question want us to do?
③ ________: What do I think?
① TOPIC
② TASK
③ POSITION
The students waited ___ the bus stop for twenty minutes.
at
Identify the sentence structure: “The baby cried.”
Simple sentence.
Identify the grammatical error in this sentence: “Neither of the boys have completed their assignment.”
“Have” should be “has”. Correct sentence: “Neither of the boys has completed their assignment.”
Name 4 different writing techniques
✔ Rhetorical questions
✔ Direct address
✔ Anecdotes(Narratives)
✔ Facts/statistics
✔ Examples
✔ Quotations
✔ Emotive language
✔ Imagery
1. Agree or Disagree
Basic structure:
Introduction → Argument 1 → Argument 2 → Argument 3 → _______________ → Conclusion
Introduction → Argument 1 → Argument 2 → Argument 3 → Counterarguments → Conclusion
She has always been interested ___ learning foreign languages.
in
Identify the sentence structure: “I wanted to play outside, but it started raining.”
Compound sentence.
Identify the literary device in this sentence and explain its effect: “The classroom was a zoo during recess.”
Metaphor. It compares the classroom to a zoo to emphasise the noise, chaos and disorder.
Which formula do we use when writing a paragraph?
P-E-E-L
Discuss Both Sides:
Basic structures
__________ → ________ → ____________
Side A → Side B → Your judgement
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
The cat slept under the wooden table.
under the wooden table
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in this sentence: “Although she was tired, she completed her homework.”
Dependent clause: “Although she was tired.” Independent clause: “She completed her homework.”
Make these sentences into a complex sentence:
“He missed the bus. He woke up late.”
He missed the bus because he woke up late.
Which 3 topics are we covering for the Term test?
Human Interest Feature
Informative / Explanatory Feature
Review Feature
Solution-Based Argument
A useful structure is:
____________ → _____________ → Solution 1 → Solution 2 → _____________ → Conclusion
Problem → Why it matters → Solution 1 → Solution 2 → Best solution → Conclusion
In the sentence
“The students walked through the tunnel”
Identify the preposition and its object.
Preposition: through.
Object: tunnel.
Identify all the conjunctions and state their types in this sentence: “Although it was raining, we continued playing, and we stopped only when the lightning appeared.”
“Although” — subordinating conjunction.
“and” — coordinating conjunction.
“when” — subordinating conjunction.
Identify the literary device used in this sentence: “The wind whispered through the trees.”
Personification
PEOPLE:
Tell me about _________________
INFORMATION
Help me ___________________
ISSUES
Help me ________________
Tell me about someone's story.
Help me understand something.
Help me think about an issue.
What is the difference between expository and solution based argument?
An expository argument explains and discusses an issue, while a solution-based argument focuses on proposing ways to solve a problem.
Expository: What is my argument, and why is it valid?
Solution-based: What is the problem, what should be done, and why would it work?
In the sentence “Before the examination, the students revised their notes”, identify the prepositional phrase and explain its function.
“Before the examination” is the prepositional phrase. It functions as an adverbial of time, indicating when the students revised their notes.
Identify the sentence structure and explain your answer: “While the teacher marked the scripts, the students who had finished their work read quietly, and the others completed their exercises.”
Compound-complex sentence. It contains two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences:
“Only the teacher praised the student who won the competition.”
“The teacher praised only the student who won the competition.”
The teacher was the only person who praised the student.
The teacher praised no student other than the one who won the competition.