What do feature articles have?
Biographic
- Story about an artist/band
- Based on research & expressed opinion
- Will contain details regarding an experience etc etc.
Interview
- Talks to an Artists/Band often will be a one to one.
- Can be conducted in a question & answers format – including quotes from the band/artists
- Also can be done in descriptive writing, informing the reader of the scenery and other details.
Each of these forms have the ability to do the following;
- Quotes/Speech/Statements
- Tone- friendly/welcoming (Depending on the audience)
- Tone is set by a narrator (writer)
- Images
- Paragraphing/Columns/Subheadings
- Relevant to audience
- Inform and entertain
Title Of Article
“The Beat Goes On”
Magazine
NME
Audience
People interested in Indie music or readers of NME.
Purpose
To inform and entertain readers about “The Drums” musical career.
- ” The drums have had a busy month…”
- Talks about shows in England
- Their songs.
- opinions of the band. “Madonna is c***”
How does the writer manage to ‘hook’ you?
- Writer introduces the article like a story. ” It began…”
- Friendly but informative tone.
- Knows a lot about the Band.
- Uses various Quotes from the band.
- Images with captions.
How does the author bring the article to the end?
By talking about what the band’s future holds and referring to quotes of one of their songs.
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