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    This document provides context and formatting guidelines for a news report text type in English. It explains that the purpose is to report or recount yesterday's news for a general public or targeted demographic audience. The language should be formal and factual. The suggested format includes a headline, byline, introductory paragraph answering who, what, when, where, how and why, chronological details in short paragraphs using past tense and reported speech. It suggests finding a short human interest news article, annotating it on paper to identify features of news reporting style.

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    This document provides context and formatting guidelines for a news report text type in English. It explains that the purpose is to report or recount yesterday's news for a general public or targeted demographic audience. The language should be formal and factual. The suggested format includes a headline, byline, introductory paragraph answering who, what, when, where, how and why, chronological details in short paragraphs using past tense and reported speech. It suggests finding a short human interest news article, annotating it on paper to identify features of news reporting style.

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    Text Type - News Report

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    EnglishSmj
    This document provides context and formatting guidelines for a news report text type in English. It explains that the purpose is to report or recount yesterday's news for a general public or targeted demographic audience. The language should be formal and factual. The suggested format includes a headline, byline, introductory paragraph answering who, what, when, where, how and why, chronological details in short paragraphs using past tense and reported speech. It suggests finding a short human interest news article, annotating it on paper to identify features of news reporting style.

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    ENGLISH B

    TEXT TYPE : NEWS REPORT

    CONTEXT

    Purpose

    To report/recount yesterday's news

    Audience

    General public or the specific demographic targeted by the newspaper

    Language

    Formal and largely factual

    FORMAT

    • headline
    • byline
    • intro: when, what, where, who , how and why
    • chronological details or reverse pyramid (least important information last)
    • short paragraphs
    • predominance of past time
    • reported speech

    Suggested Task

    Locate, download and glue a short news article based on a “human interest story” onto lined A4
    paper. Annotate the features of news reporting used by the journalist and sub-editor with colored
    pens. Use a key to explain your annotations.

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