Feature Story

Feature writing is

• written in a narrative to entertain the reader.

• short piece to inform the audience.

• a poem

• A short story

Which one of the following would not be considered a feature story:

• A news story on a car jacking at the local mall.

• A story about your first day at college.

• A story about your three-legged cat Max.

• A story about lack of funding for inner-city schools.

The major difference between a news story and a feature story is that a news story is time-sensitive.

• True

• False

• They are the same

• N/A

Feature stories are not as time-dependent and contain no urgent content.

• False

• True

Some qualities of a feature story are?

• time sensative and intended to inform.

• media outlets want to publish them.

• strong lead that grabs the readers attention and descriptive and full of detail.

A lead sentence in a feature story should grab and hook your reader right away.

• False

• True

What belongs in the first paragraph of a feature story?

• setting and characters

• thesis statement and introduction

• lead sentence or a hook, introduction, and opening quotation

• Hook to grab the readers attention and characters