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Magazine Articles

Magazine Articles. Section B (Writing) Secondary 6. Introduction . Today, you will … Learn about the format of a magazine article Learn about the language used in a magazine article Take a look at a sample of a magazine article Work on some pre-writing exercises. Content and Organziation.

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Magazine Articles

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  1. Magazine Articles Section B (Writing) Secondary 6

  2. Introduction Today, you will… • Learn about the format of a magazine article • Learn about the language used in a magazine article • Take a look at a sample of a magazine article • Work on some pre-writing exercises

  3. Content and Organziation • Write about a particular subject, person or event • Give personal opinions or offer suggestions for the topic • Include a headline for the article • Purpose: let the readers know what the article is about • Keep it short and eye-catching (e.g. My Life in England) • Formal or semi-formal language (depending on the subject and the target group of reader)

  4. Content and Organization • Serious subject: formal language • Amusing subject: semi-formal language • Short phrases and short sentences: to keep the ideas clear and to-the-point • Direct speech: more real to life • Reported speech: a sense of objectivity

  5. Language: Tenses • Simple present tense: describe the current issue or to present your viewpoints in writing articles. • It seems that gambling is a major problem. (Current issue) • There are no solutions to remedy the situation. (Personal viewpoints)

  6. Language: Headline • Headlines: not always complete sentences • Consists of noun phrases • Consists of a string of three to four nouns • More Tax Cuts • Hair Salon Opening Ceremony

  7. Language: Headline • Headlines often leave out articles (a, an the) and the verb to be. • Thief Enters Royal Palace • Pianist Performing at Town Hall

  8. Language: Headline • Simple present tense: headlines for both present and past events • Blind Man Catches Thief • Infinitives: headlines to refer to the future. • Museum to Build Next Year

  9. Language • A colon (:) : to separate the subject of a headline from the details • Structure = Headline : Details • Plane Crash: No Survivors • Book Exhibition: 10,000 Books Sold

  10. Organization: Introduction • Usually shorter than the other paragraphs • Introduces the theme of the article, which the other paragraphs will develop • Give an outline of your points made in the article

  11. Organization: Introduction • You can make your introduction interesting by: • Start with a story • Refer to the quotation of famous person • Put forward a rhetorical question

  12. Organization: Body • In the body paragraphs, provide support to your ideas by: • Giving details (e.g. examples, figures, statistics or personal experience) • Showing similarities or differences • (e.g. The Chinatown in San Francisco in many ways: business among Chinese is conducted in Cantonese. There are also hawkers at the road side.) • Describing a process (in the order of their occurrence)

  13. Organization: Transition Markers • To show results: • So • Hence • Consequently • Thus • Therefore • As a result • To show contrast: • Though • Although • Even though • On the contrary • Yet • However • Nevertheless • In contrast

  14. Organization:Transition Marker • To add ideas: • As well • Moreover • In addition • Besides • Likewise • Furthermore

  15. Organization: Conclusion • Summarize the points made in the article • Provide the result of the discussion in the body paragraphs • Forward-looking statements: Show our hope for the future development of the case • e.g. With your help, we will have a cleaner planet to live in.

  16. Language: Body • Use simple past tense for actions completed at a definite time in the past, with the following adverbials: • A bank was robbed in Shatin yesterday [afternoon / evening / morning] / last [night / week / Monday].

  17. Language: Body • Sentences in active voice: to make them more direct • Use the passive voice: not so important who performed the action • Two men were arrested after the robbery. • The suspect is believed to be an illegal immigrant. • Three people are thought to have died in the accident.

  18. Language: Body • Use non-defining clauses: to add extra information about the subject • Mr. Chan, who is in his early-thirties, was admitted to the hospital.

  19. Sample Writing • Sample Writing: ..\..\S4_English\Reading & Writing_Sem 2\Lesson 9 - My Life in England.doc

  20. Get ready for your writing assignment!

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