2011 feb20.articlewriting
- 1. 2 and 3 are the best titles. They both speak directly to the reader and promise strong opinions; 2 uses dramatic vocabulary also. 1 is too general to be of interest; it sounds more lika a school essay title. 4 is an interesting idea but is not presented very strinkingly d c e e g a b f R E P S Generally, yes. The article appeals to the busy person in the electronic age, the 鍖rst paragraph asks direct questions to involve the reader, the text uses interesting vocabulary, e.g. 'anachronistic' and quotes other people, it makes bold statements, e.g. 'So what if people buy them less for news than for their daily 鍖x of football or gossip?', it ends with a strong, slightly humorous view, i.e. 'Only newspapers can really go 'beyond the news'!'
- 2. Ok Ok X X X Ok You can use either " " or ' ' to quote someone's actual words; other forms of punctuation such as << >> are not acceptable. Note too, the comma before the 鍖rst quotation marks in 2 and before the last quotation mark in 6. At the end of the quotation, just use the normal punctuation, i.e. "_____________ ." "______________ !" "_______________ ?" inside the quotation marks