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Detailed Guidance on Analytical Features
The definition of an analytical feature
Hard news is the kind of fast-paced news that usually appears in newspapers, magazines and some other mediums. Because each story in only relevant for a short time, writing must be concise and without excessive a hard news story, an analytical feature also appears in newspapers; magazines or on the Web. However, an analytical feature covers a topic in some depth. It examines important issues or events in details, and provides more interpretation and background information for readers than hard news. Writing an analytical feature means looking for patterns, motives and outcomes that explain the event issue or problem.
An analytical feature should be based on an investigation of documents in the public domain-archives, libraries, scholarship, or local offices-and an interview with people with knowledge related to the topic.
Step-by-step guide to feature writing
1. Select a topic
2. Make a list of preliminary questions to establish what needs to be known about the topic. Ffere are some of the basic questions that a feature addresses.
●What is the problem?
●What institutions and people are involved?
●What is the standpoint?
●What causes the problem?
●What are the possible consequences?
3. List your sources--people: institutions, documents, books, articles that are likely to provide information and answers to your questions.
4. Refine your questions decide what you are going to look for in the written documents and what you are going to ask your potential sources.
5. Arrange your appointments, interviews or are, archival searches in a logical order, following the plan for your basic questions.
6. Conduct interviews Ly what information you are trying to get from each source.
7. Write and outline that sets up the structure of the feature.
8. Go back to your notes, organize information, compare and contrast data, analyze material, identify missing information, expand the list of sources, and conduct new interviews.
9. Write the feature
Analytical feature structure
THE INTRO: The most important function of the introduction is to make the readers want to read on.
THE BODY OF THE FEATURE: The content of the feature will vary depending on the subject matter, style of publication, supposed interests of the readers and intentions of the journals. The following points are what you should include in the body of your feature.
●Facts—include the mat appropriate points throughout the text rather than in chunks,
●Quotes-can bring writing to life, inject authority and powerful expression into the piece.
Think carefully which bits of your research to quote and which bits to translate into your own words, as the simple facts of a story do not normally need to be told through direct quotes.
●Description—Let the readers see what you are seeing, show rather than tell. Analysis-can be provided by experts who have conducted relevant research, but it may also be provided by ordinary people with direct knowledge and involvement. Your own analysis of the topic should be based on extensive research and supported by ENDING: Aim to provide a rounded ending of the text either in the form of a summary, a quote or a return to the scene of the introduction.
69. The guidance on analytical features is most probably taken from _ ?
A. a book on news writing B. a movie script
C. a school admission brochure D. a book on interview preparation
70. Unlike a hard news story, an analytical feature __________________.
A. only published in in-depth magazines, instead of in newspapers or on websites
B. investigates issues or events behind the news
C. interprets issues or events clearly and concisely without excessive detail
D. covers a couple of topics
71. Before you write analytical feature, you should do all the following EXCEPT_ __?
A. preparing the questions for your interviews
B. writing a short summary of the main points of the feature
C. sorting out and analyzing the information and data you collected
D. filming and recording the issue or event you want to investigate
72. When you write the body of an analytical feature, you should_ ?
A. summarize the main idea of the feature
B. be in agreement with me opening paragraph
C. introduce the topic of the feature
D. analyze the topic based on your research
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