Creative Non Fiction: Feature Story

Feature Story

• Is an essay based on facts.

• A kind of write up where facts and creativity are combined to make it more interesting to the readers.

• An article which belongs to soft news where factual perceptions are mixed in the story.

Parts of Feature Story

• Title

• Lead

• Body

• End

Title

• needs to capture readers' interest.

Lead

• gives the introduction of feature  story

Body

• provides the content of the story

• supporting details of the story

End

• signals the finale of the story

Introduction

• is where the lead written.

Conclusion

• capsulizes the context of the story which catches readers’ interest.

Types of Features

• Personality Profile

• Human Interest

• “How to“ story

• Personal Experience

• Travelogue

Personality Profile

• anchors from the character’s persona.

Human Interest

• provokes the interest of the readers

“How to” story

• teaches readers on how to do something. This is needs to be added with imaginative style and language to make it more appealing.

Personal Experience

• gives an eye-opener to anyone in becoming better.

Travelogue

• catches readers‘ attention by exploring the scenic view of the place.

Principles in Writing Feature

• Short sentences make the story more understandable.

• Brief paragraphs help the story more effective.

• Easy words provide better understanding.

• Personal words make the story meaningful.

• Active words offer dynamism to the readers.

• Transitions help readers not to be confused.

Simile

• using “like” or “as”

metaphor

• comparing things directly

personification

• giving of person's qualities to an object 

oxymoron

• self-contrasting idea

metonymy

• substituting name to a certain object

hyperbole

• giving of exaggeration

Apostrophe

• calling to something as if somebody will answer 

Types of Lead

• Summary / Conventional lead

•  Novelty Lead

• Question Lead

• Quotation Lead

• Staccato Lead

• Epigram Lead

Summary / Conventional lead

• 5 W’s and 1 H are found in this paragraph

•  This is typically designed for straight news writing

•  It can be written in word, phrase, clause ,sentence, or paragraph

Novelty Lead

• Is used for soft news especially in the case of subjective stories

Question Lead

• an interrogative form where it provokes readers to answer / think for something.

Quotation Lead

• Refers to the striking lines taken from the authority

Staccato Lead

• consists of snappy words which are significant in persuading readers

Epigram

• Takes lines from popular poem, short story, and other literary genres.