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WRITING FEATURES
According to Cruz, C. J. (2010), feature is an essay based on facts. It is different from a news story through
these characteristics
It is an essay based on facts and not a re!ort of an e"ent
It has many different !ur!oses# to entertain, to instruct, to ad"ise and to inform un$i%e news which is written to
sim!$y inform
It is time$ess as com!ared to news which is time$y
&he $ength de!ends u!on the needs or how $ong the writer wants it to be and not $i%e news which has to be short
&he words used may be co$orfu$, f$owery and descri!ti"e and does not ha"e to be concrete, !recise and sim!$e
&he sentences and !aragra!hs may be $onger un$i%e those of news which ha"e to be short and sim!$e
Idioms and figures of s!eech are used free$y as com!ared to news that has to be direct to the !oint
Ad'ecti"es and o!inion may be used as much as desired, not $i%e news which uses ad'ecti"es s!aring$y and ne"eruses o!inion
It contains introduction $ead, body and conc$usion and not 'ust $ead and body
&he writing sty$e may be com!osition sty$e or news!a!er sty$e un$i%e news which fo$$ows sty$e#sheet news!a!er
sty$e
&he structure may be sus!ended interest or !yramid structure as com!ared to news which has to be in in"erted
!yramid
Cruz a$so cited that a news feature is not a feature artic$e but a news story which is based on facts but containinge!$anations, bac%ground, and im!ression of the writer.
FEATURE STORIES TOPICS FOR CAMPUS WRITING
*ersona$ities Character +%etch &his may be about a famous !erson or a !erson who has done something
significant
-am!$e
Miss Nia Cruz The Unsung Heroine
&ime was when the c$assroom teacher was %nown to be a cran%y, e$eder$y maestra who se$dom smi$e.ers was nothing but disci!$ine, which to her was a$most an obsession.
/iss ia Cruz of the -ng$ish c$ass has com!$ete$y erased this century#o$d conce!t and re!resents the
new image of todays modern, b$ithe, and friend$y teacher.
/aam ne"er sits in one corner. either does she raise her "oice, too , in anger. +he mo"es around
gracefu$$y with such magnetic efficiency and bound$ess enthusiasm that her !u!i$s cant he$! but study their
$essons so as not to dis!$ease her.
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A graduate from the *hi$i!!ine orma$ 3ni"ersity where she ma'ored in -ng$ish, /iss Cruz ty!ifies the
!erfectionist who be$ie"es that a student shou$d ha"e we$$#rounded education.
4ur fa"orite teacher has a %nac% for writing, too. &heres no reason why she shou$d not, because when
she was in the high schoo$, she was a regu$ar contributor to &he &orchbearer, the officia$ organ of *3
5aboratory +choo$
&his, !robab$y, is the reason why !u!i$ 'ourna$ists are "ery c$ose to her heart.
# (Cruz, C.J.)
-!erience and Ad"enture# +eminars, fie$d tri!s and socia$ e"ents in schoo$ such as the Junior# +enior !romenade
may be good to!ics for feature artic$es (Cruz, C.J.)
-am!$e
The Last Agonizing !" #ours at the Press Con$a%
+oon the awarding of the !rizes came. &he 6irector of *ub$ic +choo$s was de$i"ering the conc$uding
address at the grandstand of the 5ucena City Ath$etic 7rounds.
&he audience was "ery 8uiet and the minds of the de$egates seemed to be wandering far, far away. I,
myse$f didnt mind what the 6irector was ta$%ing about. 9hat was u!!ermost in my mind was the 8uestion :&o
win or not to win;< in the nationa$ !ress contest.
-"en our ad"iser, /r. C#J Cruz, was ner"ous. e whis!ered to Chief -ditor Jose 5ina Jr., :9e wou$d be
$uc%y if we wou$d get e"en the 1=th!$ace. 4ne#hundred#fifty#two schoo$ !a!ers are com!eting in the grou!
contest and >0? de$egates in the indi"idua$ writing contest,< he sighed with !essimism.
:5ets %ee! our fingers crossed,< conso$ed Associate editor Arthur Cruz. I $oo%ed around me. /any
contestants were sweating des!ite the co$d wind that b$ew from /t. @anahaw standing !roud$y in the distance.
&hen came the announcement of winners. 9e he$d our breath e!ecting to hear our first disa!!ointment.
:Jose 5ina Jr.< ca$$ed /iss ortencia @enoza, *ub$ication 6i"ision Chief, :+econd !$ace, news writing in
i$i!ino.) tab$es!oon sugar, one (1) tab$es!oons sa$t, one#ha$f (12)
teas!oon "etsin.
Heference
C$ass $ectures of *rof. Armando /a$ay, 3ni"ersity of the *hi$i!!ines
-ng$ish and ach, +cho$astic Journa$ism
FEATURE ARTICLE INTRO1UCTION
Hhetorica$ uestion# &his $ead is !hrased as a 8uestion get the attention of the readers
-am!$e
9hat ma%es /anny *ac8uiao into a g$oba$ icon;
#(htt!www.s$ideshare.net'ohncar$ronatofeature#writing#by#'#c#ronato
+tart$ing +tatement# &his !rominent stri%e cou$d easi$y catch the attention of the readers
-am!$e
&he greatest fighter in the wor$d is from a thir$d wor$d country.
#(htt!www.s$ideshare.net'ohncar$ronatofeature#writing#by#'#c#ronato
arrati"e 4!ening# A feature artic$e writer cou$d start by narrating for eam!$e the $ife of his sub'ect
-am!$e
Hudy is the fifth in a fami$y of se"en chi$dren. At 1=, he dro!!ed out of high schoo$ to he$! his father on
the farm. is two e$der brothers had died in a tragic accident short$y before.
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2/a%ing uture ar"ests without Chi$d 5abour/inette Himando
June 11, 200E
.uoted Hemar%s# A we$$#%nown citation indicates to the reader what the artic$e is about
-am!$e
:&he i$i!inos are worth it.< &his is a statement from ris A8uino reffering to $o"e of country and
sacrifices made by her !arents inoy and Cory A8uino.
#(htt!www.ser"ito%ss.comti!s#in#news#writing)
An 4$d /aim, An A!horism or A Salawikain- &his may gi"e a reader a hint or idea of what to e!ect from the
artic$e
-am!$e
:&rees, trees e"erywhere, but no fresh air to breathe. u! to the third inning as the aggressi"e citywide softba$$
cham!ions fired four runs and 2 so$id hits ma%ing the score >#N.
It was on$y in the fourth inning that the 4smea batters came to $ife, b$asting ? runs in the studded inning
after $aboring hard on winning /5 !itcher ernandez, and !ut a resemb$ance of a ra$$y with 2 innings to go E#N,
as Asi$o, 5oto, Cruz and @ugarin, the so#ca$$ed /urderers How, swung their booming bats with gusto to a ?#run
4smea har"est.
After catcher Abraham smashed a dee! center for a >#bagger, and Asistio, not to be outdone, di"ided a
hog#grounder !ast#third, the coo$ ca$cu$ating Asi$o in a 1 and 1 a$$#hit before the inning ended, ma%ing the $oca$s
earn ? runsD and to catch u! with /5 s$uggers, a zooming hit sent /acatuno for a scoring !osition at the third
base.
@efore hus%y Aranzanse of /5 ser"ed his bat, Heyes ad"anced to second base for bait with 1 stri%e and
2 ba$$s for Aranzanse. +e$ga connected a hot ro$$er off third, sending /acatuno home for their ninth run.
ourth batter ernandez struc% the ba$$ hard sending three !$ayers at home base to win the game, 12#E.
#(Cruz, C.J.)
+ase%a&&
Can&u%ang S,atters Sha.es Mera&'o +atters0 B2
&he Can$ubang swatters ca!tured the /ani$a @ay @aseba$$ 5eague Cham!ionshi! tit$e by nosing out
/era$co =#? during a thri$$ing encounter $ast night at the Hiza$ /emoria$ ba$$!ar%.
&he margina$ run came in sith inning when a Homeo 7a$ang win $ed to the $eft fie$d, !ro!e$$ing
$orencio Hamos home from the second base. Hamos had !re"ious$y scored -di$berto de 7uzman to e"en the
score, ?#a$$.
&he "ictory ended the best#of#fi"e series for the tit$e between Can$ubang and /era$co. Can$ubang
!re"ious$y beat /era$co, M#> and E#=.
-di$berto 7ami$$a, >>, dis!$ayed his contro$ and re!ertoire of fast mo"es, earned his third "ictory o"er
/era$co yie$ding a struc% out and $ight hits. @oth teams dis!$ayed !owerfu$ !itches with Antero Cabahug
storming in the round for the other side.
/era$co bro%e the ice in the first inning with an ear$y 2#0 $ead, a homer by Hena$do /anzanares starting
off !itcher Hoberto Antero and sending *ascua$ ocade$$a on board to the !$ate.
A wa$% by Abe$ardo /ogo$ and a sing$e by -duardo de 7uzman !ushed Can$ubang ahead at 2 on runs by
/ogo$ who reach third in a sacrifice, and Girgi$io 7asta$one and Hoge$io Hamos who were on board when de
7uzman sing$ed.
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/era$co caught fire in the fourth frame scoring three hits off 7ami$$a, who re$ie"ed Centeno in the
second, as Cabahug doub$ed home +im!$icio Casti$$o to turn the tide at ?#>.
7ami$$a, who used to be a fastba$$er, was $aid off for a year after he suffered a stro%e.
After the game, Can$ubang /anager Hodo$fo &ingson described the "ictory as their birthday !resent to
6.7. /ino, American o$d#timer who !o!u$arized baseba$$ at Can$ubang !$antation.
+a$"ador J. *$aton, Jr
+choo$ Are$$ano igh +choo
+choo$ *a!er The Chronicler
irst *$ace +!ortswriting
(++*C)
+as=et%a&&
5e&&o, #u(%&e +&a'=s0 26
&he fast#brea%ing @aguio City igh +choo$ e$$ows edged @aguio 4!tica$ Ath$etic C$ub @$ac%s, ?E#?1,
in an ehibition game he$d at the &eachers Cam! bas%etba$$ court this afternoon.
H. +ab$e, brea%ing $oose to score M !oints in the $ast minute after the @$ac% defense bro%e down, carried
his team to "ictory.
It was an eciting game a$$ the way with both teams trying it u!, 1F#1F, in the first ha$f.
At one !oint in the game, the @$ac%s $ed by as much as ? !oints, 2=#21, on$y to err a $itt$e $ater after the
combined efforts of +ab$e and Ga$dez rendered them he$!$ess. It was then that +ab$e !oured in M !oints and
Ga$dez ? !oints and the e$$ow $ed >1#2=.
7. de 5eon, !ouring in 1N !oints, 12 of them in the second ha$f, cou$d not do we$$ to score more after he
was doub$e#teamed by H. Gi$$anue"a and J. Catabagan.
@$ac% guard J. &orres, fou$ed out in the $ast = minutes of !$ay when he cou$d not sto! the barrage of
!oints by +ab$e.
#(Cruz, C. J.)
Ath&eti' Meet
Min.anao Lea.s Nationa& Inters'ho&asti' Meet
/indanao, s!ar%ed by Arsenio Jazmins "ictories in the ?00 and N00#meter run, $ed in the first day of the
ationa$ Interscho$astic /eet at the Hiza$ &rac% and ie$d +tadium yesterday.
/indanao garnered 2> !oints against second !$ace @ico$s 1E. /*CCAA scored 1= notchers for third
!$ace honors and with +outhern &aga$og and -ast Gisayas tying for fourth !$ace with 12 !oints each. 9est
Gisayas sett$ed for sith !$ace with E !oints. Centra$ 5uzon and orthern 5uzon had ? and 2 !oints, res!ecti"e$y.
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az(in +rea=s 7 Re'or.s
Jazmin, who is on$y 1N, bro%e the record in the ?00#m run with his ?N.2 !erformance. e he$d the former
record of ?N.?.
&he N00#m run record#brea%er of 1=0.1 was a$so Jazmin. In second !$ace was his teammate &orneo 4$an
with 1=N.>.
Another record#brea%ing !erformance was done by *erfecto @or'a of -ast Gisayas. e bro%e Homua$do
/asicam!os 1M.2 when he $ea!ed M feet M inches in the high 'um!.
&he 2>,000 fans at the Hane$$o +tadium were at the edges of their seats when Jazmin and 4$an fought for
the N00#m tit$e. 4$an $ed for the first >00 meters, whi$e Jazmin was at third and Sosimo *erfecto of 9est Gisayas
in second. *erfecto seized the $ead, but 4$an fought bac% with Jazmin sti$$ in third. Jazmin increased his s!eed in
the bac%stretch !assing 4$an at the run and o!ening a big $ead for his "ictory.
+iggest Sur*rise
@ico$s @en'amin de $a Hosa was the meets biggest sur!rise when he bro%e the 10.F record in the 100#m
dash. e was timed at 10.=, brea%ing the *hi$i!!ine record he$d by Antonio +a$cedo and Hoge$io 4nofre.
&he gir$s di"ision wi$$ be o!ened tomorrow with the fina$s in the boys 100#m and 200#m dash.
#(Cruz, C.J.)
ACTI4IT5 6
7et a co!y of your schoo$s news!a!er (5a*i+cian +cro$$) and answer the fo$$owing
6o the s!orts stories meet the standards of good newswriting;
Are they ade8uate$y de"e$o!ed;
Is the s!ortese co$orfu$ without being bombastic;
ACTI4IT5 7
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9rite a s!orts $ead about the fina$s of the $atest "o$$eyba$$ intramura$ game in your schoo$ (outstanding
!$ayer $ead)
ACTI4IT5 8
9rite a s!orts news about the fina$s of the $atest chess intramura$ game in your schoo$. 3se the ana$ytica$
a!!roach for the $ead.
3UI9 6
1#>) 7i"e three ty!es of s!orts $ead
?#M) 7i"e three ty!es of s!orts stories
E#10) 7i"e four 8ua$ities of a good s!orts writer
3UI9 7
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1) 4ne of the most !o!u$ar form of 'ourna$istic writing
2) @ui$ds u! enthusiasm for coming e"ents
>) 4n#the#s!ot co"erage of an actua$ game or e"ent
?.=) Ad"ance#co"erage story inc$udes OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
M#10) &he body inc$udes OOOOOOOOOOOOO, OOOOOOOOOOOOO, OOOOOOOOOOOO, and OOOOOOOOOOOOO
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