Deck 10: Working With Writers: Editing Features

Question 1

Feature stories usually focus more on the ___ angle rather than on news events themselves.

Answer 1

human

Question 2

The ___, sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Journal story form, uses a human element to draw readers into a story topic and is best used with abstract subjects.

Answer 2

focus structure

Question 3

The ___ type of feature story is a hybrid that combines the inverted pyramid with a narrative structure.

Answer 3

hourglass

Question 4

___ are a type of feature story that advances through time, relating a sequence of events in dramatic fashion.

Question 5

Some experts say that most feature stories can be broken down into two main parts: ___ and ___.

Question 6

Just because feature stories do not follow the inverted pyramid does not mean that they do not need to have a ___ of their own.

Question 7

One of the first differences between straight news stories and feature stories can be seen in the ___.

Question 8

Stories about people, their successes and failures, jobs and interests, accomplishments and plights, are known as ___.

Question 9

Feature stories that also include major news elements are called ___.

Question 10

The ___ type of feature story, whose model is the wheel, frames a story with multiple elements, scenes or angles and uses a pivotal event or scene to act as its center.