Feature Article/Editorial/Magazine Article
If you're asked to write an editorial, this is very different to a news report. Think Liz Jones' article 'Life is supposed to be hard...even if you have 3 A*s' and you get the idea. This isn't just giving the facts, but often persuading the reader in your presentation of them. Allow yourself a 'voice' and some description for effect.
Success Criteria- Have a clear viewpoint on the issue, this is more personal than a news report, it's got an opinion
-A personal take on an issue - use the first person 'I' -Varied sentence types and punctuation for effect -Explores ideas deeply Features of an article -Article title explains the topic (you may be given this by the examiners - use it!) -Descriptive detail can paint a picture -Contains interviewee comments/quotations -Clear paragraphs and topic sentences -PERFECTS |
EXAMPLE TEXT:
If David Cameron’s Big Society means anything (and the Mail sometimes wonders), it is surely about encouraging voluntary groups and charities to play a bigger part in the life of the nation.
So how extraordinary that George Osborne has singled out charities for attack by capping tax relief on donations. In his defence, the Chancellor claims he is merely cracking down on systemic abuse by millionaires who set up bogus charitable trusts to dodge tax, and then channel their ‘donations’ back to themselves or their families.Others, say his officials, throw lavish ‘footballers’ wives’ style parties, and then claim tax relief by pretending they were charitable fundraisers. But if Mr Osborne is right – and he has yet to produce hard evidence – these practices are clearly despicable fraud. Isn’t the answer to prosecute offenders and close any loopholes – instead of imposing a blanket cap that insults and discourages true philanthropists, while punishing genuine charities just when they need all the help they can get? Mr Osborne’s response is that his cap is set generously high, meaning good causes shouldn’t suffer at all. Yet in a survey today, nine out of ten charity executives believe they will be hit hard by the move, just as their grants from cash-strapped councils dry up. First the row over the granny tax. Then ‘pastygate’. Now this needless confusion which makes a nonsense of Mr Cameron’s most cherished theme. Are the Prime Minister and Chancellor beginning to regret that they swanned off to America in the week before the Budget, instead of concentrating on the details? |