Parts of the Newspaper

Reading Newspapers

When reading the newspaper...

• Do you know there are 4 types of articles?

• What are they?

• How do we categorise them?

Poll

• News article

• Feature article

​News Article

• "hard" news of the day

• ​time sensitive

• tone is objective (no adjectives used)​

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Poll

• Feature article

• Letter to the editor

Feature article

• ​"soft" news

• not time sensitive​

• ​tone is more subjective (use of adjectives)

• often explains a pop culture trend​

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Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Poll

• Editorial

• Opinion piece

​Opinion piece

• written by regular readers​

• one-sided opinion on a topic

• ​tone is subjective

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

• written by the editor / editorial team

• their view is very one-sided

• summarizes what is happening and what needs to be done​

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Editorial

​Quiz Time

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

• news article

• feature article

Multiple Choice

• news article
• feature article

Multiple Choice

• editorial
• feature article

• news article

Multiple Choice

• editorial

• feature article

• news article

• opinion piece

Multiple Choice

• news article

• opinion piece

• feature article

• editorial

Summary of Articles

1. News articles - time sensitive, no adjectives

2. Feature articles - not time sensitive, adjectives

3. Opinion piece - by readers on a topic

4. Editorial - by the editor / editorial team on a topic