Writing a

Feature
Article
You may use research, data from
experiment, lab result or
reference materials. This module
will help you analyze if the
information is a fact or opinion
and allow you to provide evidence
to support it
 After going through this module,
you are expected to:

1. identify the elements and of a feature

article;
2. explain the characteristics of a feature
article;
3. use the effective ways in writing a feature
article; and
4. write a feature article.
 What do you like most about your
mother? Describe her and list
down 5 characteristics of your mother
that you like most. Then, compose a
paragraph about her. Observe correct
punctuation marks and spelling.
1._______________________________
2._______________________________
3._______________________________
4._______________________________
5._______________________________
 Direction: Read the
following paragraphs.
Choose the letter of the
correct answer
1. There is a price increase on meat
products. The government implemented
the ceiling price. What is the problem in the
given situation?
A. The price on meat products
B. The price increase on vegetables
C. The price increase on meat products
D. The price increase of dairy products
2. There is a surge of COVID-19 positive
that is why the IATF had implemented
the health protocols all over the country.
What is the solution of the problem
baes on the situation?
A. Practice social distancing.
B. Wear face mask properly.
C. Wash your hands as often as needed.
D. The IATF had implemented the health
protocols all over the
country to be followed by everyone
3. According to data, the poverty line of
Filipinos in May 2020 is about 16.7%
almost doubled since December 2019
(8.8%). To address this problem, the
government implemented the Balik
Probinsya Program to lessen the burden of
most daily wages’ Filipinos. What is the
problem that most of Filipinos are
suffering right now based on the selection?
A. Poverty
B. Pandemic
C. Unemployment
D. Balik Probinsya Program
4. Due to pandemic, synchronous and
asynchronous classes were
implemented. What is the problem in the
sentence?
A. Classes
B. Pandemic
C. Synchronous
D.Asynchronous
5. Poor internet connection is one of the
many problems of students today all
over the Philippines. To address this
problem, those who do not have internet
connection, they will join the modular mode
of learning. What is the solution to
poor internet connection to those learners
who experienced it?
A. They were given free laptop.
B. They were given free iPod.
C. They were given modules.
D. They were given internet load.
 A feature article is the main story in the
magazine that focuses on a special
event, place, or person in detail. There are many
types of feature articles,
whether they are creatively focused or
newsworthy, however, they always have
one thing in common: human interest.
Let’s try some more writing a topic that everyone
is bracing right now, the
online class.
Direction: Describe your experiences in your
online class. Write
a paragraph about it showing the elements of a
feature article..
 How to write a
feature article?
 What is feature writing all
about?
Feature article is creative
journalism. It escapes the hand-
news format
allowing the creative writers among
us to write feature articles in an
inventive
and compelling way. Unlike short
and to the-the-point news articles,
feature
articles deal with a subject in
greater depth and usually at
greater length
How do you write a feature article?
A feature article should:
1. Explore a topic or issue of current
importance.
2. Follow narratorial conventions.
(There is a plot, complication, and
conclusion.)
3. Write in short paragraphs.
4. Combine facts and opinions.
5. Provide a perspective or angle
about the topic or issue.
6. Include catchy features.
What are the elements of a feature
article?
1. Headline - The headline is like the
catchy title of the feature article.
2. Secondary Headline – The
secondary headline gives more
information
about the topic and should include
the angle and controlling idea.
3. Controlling Idea – The controlling
idea stems from the angle.
4. Lead…Body…Close…Quotation
– Additional components
 What are the characteristics of
feature writing?
Feature stories combine facts and
opinion, with a focus on the human-
interest scale side of the story. While
they can report news, the news
content is
not of primary importance. Feature
stories both educate and entertain.
They
can include colorful detail as well as
humor
Common types of Feature Articles
The Human Interest Feature
A human-interest feature takes
something currently of interest in
society and connects
it to something interesting in the life
of an ordinary person. For example,
a feature article
on e-mail might show us e-mail is
changing human relationships at
work and at home.
 The Personality Feature
A human-interest feature may develop
into a personality feature which looks at a
person's life in more depth. The person
may be well known or completely
unknown, but
he/she will have done something of
interest to others. For example, Rick
Hansen, a
wheelchair athlete, travelled the
equivalent of the distance around the
world to raise
money for spinal cord injury research. His
life has been the subject of many
personality feature articles. A personality
feature may be tragic or inspire us
because of the heroics of the subject
 The How-To Feature
The how-to feature describes how to
do or build something. For example,
how
to organize your desk for efficiently,
or how to clean your house in twenty
minutes
 The Past Events Feature
The past events feature looks at
historical events but approaches
them from the
angle of human interest. For
example, in remembering the 1964
Tokyo Olympics,
rather than look only at the economic
or political facets of the story, a
feature
article might look at how the Tokyo
Olympics affected one person's life.
 The News Feature
The news feature takes a current
news story as its start but then
investigates
how the news affects the lives of
average people. For example, how
the employees
at a small company whose boss has
been killed in a plane crash, continue
running the company
 Writing and Organizing a Feature Article
● Choose which type of feature article you want to
write. Then choose which emotion you want to appeal
to in your readers.
● Decide which method of organization will be most
effective for your story:
order of importance or chronological order.
● Decide how you want to lead into the story. Start with
a sentence that catches the attention of your readers
and makes them want to finish
reading the story.
● Use the techniques of story writing to help develop
the human interest in your article.
● Conclude your article in the same way as you would
a short story. Be sure to bring together all the loose
ends.
● Create a headline that will catch your readers'
attention
 To check your article, follow the
Feature Article Checklist below:
● Is my research complete and accurate?
● Does my opening catch the readers' attention?
● Is my article interesting throughout?
● How have I organized my article? Is it logical?
● Have I used a variety of sentence lengths and
styles?
● Have I included transitions to improve the flow
and coherence?
● Have I used fresh, effective words?
● Have I removed all unnecessary words?
● Do I tell an interesting story?
 Experience the Cold Breeze
There is no doubt that Baguio is one of the most
visited spots in the Philippines according to surveys
especially during summer.
People from different parts of the country even from
different parts of the world who would like to escape the
torrent of heat during summer months would not miss the
cold weather that Baguio city offers from time to time. It is the
only place here in the Philippines where you can find yourself
wearing a sweater even in a very hot day. It is found that the
average temperature there ranges from 15 to 23 degree
Celsius – 8-degree-Celsius lower than the temperature of the
rest cities in the country.
Who would believe that a cool, cool weather lies
already about 45 minutes away from the city?
 What is the feature article all
about?
How was the article organized?
What are the descriptive words
used in the article?
Is the article interesting? Why so?
Answer the following module
during your offline schedule:
What’s More
What I have Learned
What I Can do
Choose the letter of the best
answer.
 1. ______fosters our ability to explain and
refine our ideas to others and ourselves
using a paper and a pen.
A.Listening
B. Reading
C.Speaking
D. Writing
2. A ______ is the main story in the
magazine that focuses on a special
event, place, or person in detail.
A.Feature article
B.Editorial
C.Sports
D.Science News
 3. All the stated below are elements of
feature article except one. Which one?
A.Lead
B.Body
C.Closing
D. Name
 4. What ae the common types of
feature articles?
A.Human Interest
B.How-to-feature
C.Personality feature
D. All the above
 5. Which statement is a fact based on
evidence?
A. I think Facebook is better than
twitter.
B. I believe that the best president of
the Philippines is Rodrigo Duterte.
C. Maybe Makati is the best city in
NCR.
D. Researchers said that pH levels in
acid is lower than pH levels in alkaline