ACTIVITY
Ill. Directions: Complete each statement by choosing the letter with the correct answer.
Circle the letter of your answer.
1. Feature stories resemble fictional short stories in that they
A use description, sensory details, quotations, anecdotes, personification, and other
story-telling devices.
B. do not have to be factual.
C. are based largely on the writer's imagination.
D. do not have to be balanced in their treatment of controversial issues.
2. Reporters get ideas for feature stories by being
A. detached and unemotional.
B. rigid and dogmatic.
C. curious and observant.
D. diligent and unimaginative.
3. Unlike straight news stories, feature stories_
A. Are always written in the third person.