Gul Mohar Class 8 English Writing Skills - Article Writing

Article Writing

• An Article Writing is a kind of writing that is written to reach a massive audience with the help of the press.
• Here the word press refers to publishing houses of newspapers, magazines etc.
• It is a written work published in print/electronic media.

Format of Writing an Article
→ Title of the Article
→ Byline-Author’s name
Body (main part of the article)
→ Introductive Paragraph
→ Descriptive Paragraph
→ Additional Information (if needed)
→ Conclusion (ending part of the article)

Guidelines for Article Writing
→ Title: Capital letters, eye-catching and attractive
→ Introduction: Introduce the topic; draw attention with a quote or a question
→ Body: Discuss the topic in different angles; illustrate the facts with apt examples and arguments.
→ Conclusion: Sum up; conclude with a warning/caution/hope/advice etc. in a logical way.
→ Word limit: 150 - 200 words
→ Purpose must be made clear
→ Language must be natural, simple and concrete
→ Content should be interesting, easy to read, expressive, good ideas, without grammatical and spelling errors.
→ Good vocabulary.
→ Do not use the first person.

Sample