Text type: the magazine article
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What is a magazine 'feature'?
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A longer article built to entertain and engage, not just report facts.
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What is a feature's first job?
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To keep you reading — it hooks and entertains even while informing.
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What is a 'hook' opening?
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A first line that grabs you: a surprising claim, a scene, or a question.
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What is a 'standfirst'?
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The teaser line under the headline summing up the article's appeal.
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Name three feature techniques.
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A hook opening, a distinctive voice, and vivid anecdotes/detail.
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How do you analyse a feature's voice?
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Name it (funny, warm, opinionated) and say what it does to the reader.
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Why do features use anecdotes?
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Little stories make ideas concrete and human, so they land and stick.
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First question to ask of a feature?
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‘How does it keep me reading?’ — analyse the craft, not just the facts.
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Feature vs news report?
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A feature entertains with voice and craft; a news report delivers facts plainly.
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Common feature-analysis mistake?
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Retelling the content instead of analysing how it entertains the reader.
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