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Identify a feature article by its angle, human interest, narrative moves and background context.
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"At 4 a.m., Aling Nena lights her stove in Barangay Malinis. She has boiled peanuts for thirty years. Now her kitchen feeds forty families." Which journalistic form does this opening belong to?
"Mang Ruel steers his tricycle past the flooded corner he has crossed since 1998. He says the water now reaches his knees." Which signal marks this as a feature rather than a news report?
A feature on the Benguet vegetable trade opens on a farmer loading cabbages before dawn and closes as his crates sell in a Manila market. What angle does the feature take on the trade?
"The fire station's newest volunteer is sixteen. Kian folds hoses after class and studies for exams on the bench outside." Which angle does this feature take on the volunteer fire service?
A report on a barangay health center adds: "Nurse Belen keeps a jar of candy for children who fear needles." What does this detail add to the article?
"The bell rings. Chairs scrape. Teacher Lito wheels his cart of books into the corridor and begins his walking library." Which narrative move is the writer using here?
"The new footbridge opened Monday. Pupils crossed it before class. The mayor cut the ribbon at seven in the morning. The old bamboo crossing had collapsed twice since 2019." Which sentence gives background context?
"Rains flooded three sitios on Tuesday night. The river has overflowed every rainy season since 2016. The sitios sit beside the town's old irrigation canal." Which sentence reports the news event itself?
"Northline Cooperative today opened its fifth branch in Iloilo, bringing trusted service closer to more Filipino families than ever before." Which journalistic form is this passage?
A provincial hospital's statement reads: "Our new wing has 120 beds and offers the compassionate care our province deserves." Which part shows the statement is promotional?
"The city council approved the 2026 budget on Thursday, 11-3. Councilor Diaz said the funds cover two new health stations." Which journalistic form does this belong to?
A feature on a coastal cleanup ends: "Lola Marina folds her sack and looks back at the clean sand. Tomorrow, she says, she will start again." Why does the writer end this way?
A feature article may begin with a scene instead of the most important facts.
Two writers cover the same new school building. One counts classrooms and costs. The other follows a pupil's first day inside it. What makes the second one a feature?
"Fisherfolk in Bantayan received new nets on Friday. Their old nets were destroyed by a typhoon in 2013." What does the second sentence provide?
"Aling Baby has sold tuyo in the tabo since she was fourteen. She remembers each customer's order and refuses to write it down." Which feature element is strongest here?
A writer covers a new bridge in Samar. Which detail belongs in a feature but not in a straight news report?
A feature on a lighthouse keeper follows his day from sunrise to midnight. How does this differ from the inverted pyramid a news report uses?
A feature follows one jeepney driver saving for a new unit under the modernization program. Which angle does the feature take on the program?
A feature about a town's water shortage opens with four sentences. Which one supplies background context rather than the day's news event?
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