Newspaper Article

Objective: Inform and educate

Intended audience: Specific audience. Parents, scientists, teachers, etc.

Style: Expository. Formal

Structure: heading + by-line + location and date + lead paragraph + main body + closing paragraph

• Lead paragraph: outline the main point/event

• Main body

  • Paragraph 1: general information, context. No details at this point.

  • Paragraph 2: specific information

  • Paragraph 3: details (names, dates, etc)

• Closing paragraph: opinion, and future events or call to action.