Feature Writing Preview
1. A hard news story states the who, what, where, when, and why. The one that I read hooked me into reading the story without having to tell me who, what, where, when, and why.
2. What paragraph(s) did you learn this in the story?
a. Who: 2
b. What: 3, 5
c. Where: 2
d. When: 2
e. Why: 3, 8
f. How: 8
3. Are there quotes in the story? Yes, there are times when they use quotes from an interview with William and others.
4. Are those quotes used in the "quote transition" style we used in news writing?
Yes, there is a statement and then a quote and on and on.
5. Who is quoted in the story?
Kevin Mcloughlin
Doral Chenoweth (The third)
Ken Andrews
Tony Florentino
Shane Cormier
Patrick Harris
Ted Williams
6. What quote is most powerful in the story in your opinion?
The quote, "I'm trying hard to get it back," is the most powerful in my opinion. Williams is explaining how hard it was to stop getting trapped in the bad habits that made him homeless. This quote is most powerful because it is the ending quote and in a feature piece you need to blow them away with your last couple statements.
7. How many paragraphs is this story?
This story is 33 paragraphs.
8. How many words in the story?
There are 765 words in the story.
9. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story?
The lede introduced Ted Williams as a homeless man with an amazing voice and a dream. At the end of the story the final paragraph shows us that he made it, he has his voice on the popular show "Family Guy".
10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lede and the final paragraph?
The writer wanted to show the progression from just being a homeless man on the street to a star with a memorable voice. The whole story is about how Williams made it with nothing but a god given talent.
11. Was the story interesting to read?
Yes, I thought is was very interesting that someone who is homeless could become a star that most people know. I also found it interesting that so many people were obsessed with his voice before they ever met Williams.
12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video did you want to hear his voice?
I definitely was excited to hear what this amazing voice that it talked about sounded like.
13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?
14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?
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, the writer did try to describe William's voice.
16. How did the writer do that?
The writer described his voice as "radiant pipes" and included quotes from others that have heard his voice.
2. What paragraph(s) did you learn this in the story?
a. Who: 2
b. What: 3, 5
c. Where: 2
d. When: 2
e. Why: 3, 8
f. How: 8
3. Are there quotes in the story? Yes, there are times when they use quotes from an interview with William and others.
4. Are those quotes used in the "quote transition" style we used in news writing?
Yes, there is a statement and then a quote and on and on.
5. Who is quoted in the story?
Kevin Mcloughlin
Doral Chenoweth (The third)
Ken Andrews
Tony Florentino
Shane Cormier
Patrick Harris
Ted Williams
6. What quote is most powerful in the story in your opinion?
The quote, "I'm trying hard to get it back," is the most powerful in my opinion. Williams is explaining how hard it was to stop getting trapped in the bad habits that made him homeless. This quote is most powerful because it is the ending quote and in a feature piece you need to blow them away with your last couple statements.
7. How many paragraphs is this story?
This story is 33 paragraphs.
8. How many words in the story?
There are 765 words in the story.
9. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story?
The lede introduced Ted Williams as a homeless man with an amazing voice and a dream. At the end of the story the final paragraph shows us that he made it, he has his voice on the popular show "Family Guy".
10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lede and the final paragraph?
The writer wanted to show the progression from just being a homeless man on the street to a star with a memorable voice. The whole story is about how Williams made it with nothing but a god given talent.
11. Was the story interesting to read?
Yes, I thought is was very interesting that someone who is homeless could become a star that most people know. I also found it interesting that so many people were obsessed with his voice before they ever met Williams.
12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video did you want to hear his voice?
I definitely was excited to hear what this amazing voice that it talked about sounded like.
13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?
14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?
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, the writer did try to describe William's voice.
16. How did the writer do that?
The writer described his voice as "radiant pipes" and included quotes from others that have heard his voice.
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