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* 1. What is a News Article? 2. What are the elements of a News Article? 3. How to read a News Article. You are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown. Before you write a newspaper story, you should write an outline. An outline will prepare you to write a better story. It helps you to. 1. Choose a topic 2. Decide what you want to say about the topic 3. Organize your ideas and write clearly. 1. a headline 2. A list of main ideas 3. a list of important details When you write a newspaper story you want the readers to notice it. So you give the reader a headline which is an interesting title that tells the reader what your topic is. Then you organize your ideas into paragraphs. Each para has a different main idea or purpose. Next put some details into each para. These details help the reader to better understand the main idea. One other thing to remember: a newspaper story gives the most important first and the least important news last. A newspaper story needs a headline to attract the reader’s attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline. Newspaper stories and short stories are organized very differently. Usually a short story begins with small details and includes details later. A newspaper does the opposite. Both kinds of stories use para with the main idea. *