Feature Writing Preview

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above?
in a news lede the 5 w's and H are all included within 1-2 sentences at the beginning of the article,while this passage has them through out the entire piece.


2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information?
a. Who- 2nd paragraph
b. What- 2nd paragraph 
c. Where- 2nd paragraph
d. When- 2nd paragraph and 3rd paragraph
e. Why- 3rd paragraph
f. How- 5th paragraph

3. Are there quotes in this story?
Yes.

4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing?majority are.

5. Who is quoted in the story?
Kevin McLoughlin and his boss,Doral Chenoweth III,Ken Andrews,Tony Florentino,Frank Wilson,Patrick Harris,&Ted Williams are quoted.

6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion?
"I'm trying hard to get it back," Williams says.

 7. How many paragraphs is the story?
33 paragraphs

8. How many words is the story (hint: you can copy and paste into Word and get a word count)?
765 words

9. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story?
They make the story intruiging to keep reading reading


10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lead (lede) and final paragraph?
To add effect to the story and story teller.

11. Was the story interesting to read?
yes.

12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video, did you want to hear the voice?
Yes. 

13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?
It made the story easier to comprehend

14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?
No.

15. Did the writer try to come up with a way for you to hear the voice, i.e. did he try to describe the voice or give you a way to "hear" the voice without really hearing it?
Yes.

16. How did the writer do that?
he used good imagery.