Parts of an Article

Sometimes articles will include what a person (like an eye-witness or an expert) has said.

• Quotes

• Photograph

• Headline

• Byline

It's a short, attention getting statement about the event

• Lead paragraph

• Byline

• Headline

• Body

Contains the what happened, where and when did it happen, who was involved, how did it happen, why is it newsworthy?

• Headline

• Byline

• Body

• Lead paragraph

Part contains those details that are of least importance.

• Headline

• Additional information

• Lead paragraph

• Body

Tells who wrote the story

• Headline

• Byline

• Lead paragraph

• Body

Comprises of the relevant facts or details that the intended audience needs to know after reading the headline and lead paragraph.

• Headline

• Body

• Lead paragraph

• Photograph

Sometimes articles have a photograph, and a sentence explaining the photograph.

• Byline

• Headline

• Photograph

• Quotes

Look at the red circle.  This is an example of  ___

• Talking
• Headline
• Weather
• Photography

Many times an article will come with something extra to help us understand what is happening.  This article includes a ___________. 

• Chart
• Video
• Photograph
• Test

A newspaper looks different from a book.  Each article is arranged in _____________.

• Columns
• Alphabetical order
• Date order
• Front