Activity: Oras na Para Magkita Tayo

• When was the last time you read a book?

• Who is your favorite writer?

• What is the title of the most memorable story you have

read?

• Do you still read newspaper and other published books?

 Note:
• ______________________ is the lifeblood of a
newspaper.

• ______________________is the heart of a newspaper.

• ______________________ is the soul of a newspaper.

• A feature is a longer piece of writing than a news
story.

• Features come in many different types and are

widely used in magazine, newspaper, and online.

• A feature will often cover an issue in greater depth

than a news story would do; or it might look at an
ongoing story from a different angle.
• The main purpose of feature writing is to connect with the
emotions of its readers as much as possible.

• A feature article written for a newspaper is a more useful

news feature than an editorial, according to Reuters.

• The features published in a newspaper focus on the main

interest and concern of a newspaper. Character and
human side of a newspaper are found in a feature. Hence,
the features are called the “soul of the newspaper”
• A feature resembles a new story in some respect but differs from it
in some others.
• Like a news story, a feature deals with facts. But it differs from
news story in that it may be longer.
• A news story has two components – the lead and the body. A
feature also has a third component – the conclusion.

• The lead should consist of a summary of the subject matter. The

body should elaborate on it and the conclusion should sum it up or
draw a moral from it.

• The feature writer has far greater flexibility than a news reporter.