ARTICLE WRITING

ARTICLE WRITING

SVM English Class

ARTICLE

* Provides news, information or suggestions to readers.

* Usually published in magazines, newsletters, news bulletins or newspapers

Multiple Choice

Which is the best headline?

• New Information about Sleep

• Why We Need Sleep?

• Sleep Study Finishes with New Information

• Sleep on this!

Multiple Choice

Which is the best headline?

• Teacher Tumbles from Ladder

• Teacher Climbs Ladder and Falls

• Another Teacher Falls From Ladder

• Teachers Dont Know How TO Use Ladders

Multiple Choice

How do statistics and facts help an article?

• They give the reader a chance to do some Mathematics question.

• They fill up the article so that it's not too short.

• They give extra information and help the reader understand what happened.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a news article?

• To inform

• To entertain

• To advise

• All of these

Multiple Choice

A good ending in an article will

• repeat what you said in the introduction

• make readers think about what they have read

• summarize the main points of the article

Multiple Choice

An article should include

• interesting facts

• personal experiences

• opinions

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

An article

• should be written in clear paragraphs

• doesn't really need paragraphs

Multiple Choice

An article should be written in

• an informal style

• a neutral style (not too formal or informal)

• a formal style

Multiple Choice

An article needs a catchy title

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which of these is recommended in an article?

• Quotes

• Opinions of the author

• Multiple viewpoints

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which part of the article analyzes the causes and effects, compares data and generally elaborates on the topic?

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Which part of the article outlines the issue/problem handled by the article?

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Should you have a particular type of audience in mind when writing your article?

• Yes, you definitely should.

• No articles are for the general population.

• Depending on the article.

• I didn't even watch the presentation, Hannah.

Multiple Choice

In the body or the article, you should introduce the topic and describe it.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Choose on the motives to write an article.

• provide information

• give advice

• summary of a story or movie

• try to convince the readers

• invite you to a place/party/event

Multiple Choice

The main idea of an article is for it to be published.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An article is basically written for a small audience.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In here you will find the main part of the article.

• conlcusion

• body

• opinion

• heading

Multiple Choice

In this part of the article you can find the authot's opinion.

• heading

• body

• writer's name

• conclusion

Multiple Choice

What's the first part of an article?

• Writer's name

• Conclusion

• Heading

• Writer's name

Multiple Choice

This part of the article will help you recognize who wrote it.

• heading

• conclusion

• writer's name

• body

GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ARTICLES

• In an article, we must have a headline or a title, the writer's name, introduction, body/content and conclusion

FORMAT

• Title : choose a catchy title - to grab reader's attention

• Name : write his/her name below the title

• Introduction : Mention the topic of your article - short explanation or more information about this topic.

• Body : Use all points given - write them in paragraphs - elaborate the points by giving examples or explanations.

• Conclusion : End it with an impressive conclusion and a brief summary of what you have written.

You recently saw this notice in an online tech magazine.

When writing the article, you must:

·        have a suitable title

·        include the author’s name

·        have an introduction

·        write in paragraphs

·        have a conclusion

·        use the questions above to guide your writing