Format of an Article
Title (If title is given in the question paper,
students have to copy that. If it is not given,
students have to fix their own title)
Name of the writer
First Paragraph-Introduction: Students may
begin with rhetorical question, or anecdote, or
giving opinion, or showing fact etc.
Second Paragraph:- Cover the first bullet point
Third Paragraph:- Cover the second bullet point
Fourth Paragraph:- Cover the third bullet point
Concluding Paragraph: Conclusion depends on
purpose, audience and main body.
Students may use more paragraphs than shown
in the [Link] of an Article:
1. Title
2. Paragraphs/ Subheadings
3. Writer’s name
4. Impressive introduction
5. Informative
6. Use of different senses
7. Direct address
8. Quotations
9. Questions/rhetorical questions
10. Writer’s opinion
11. Other’s opinions
12. Facts/Statistics
13. Fun (When and where it is possible)
14. Formal/Informal/Semi formal tone
15. Different sentence structures
16. Emotive language
17. Anecdote
18. Inclusive pronoun
19. Use of transitional words
[Link]/ Advice
21. Use of Proper Noun
22. Conclusion
Sample Article
Every year, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary choose their
'Word of the Year': a word which they feel has been particularly
important or relevant in the previous 12 months. In 2013, their
chosen word was 'selfie'. On the day that their choice was announced,
this article by Grace Dent appeared in The Independent newspaper.
‘Why All This Selfie Obsession?’
By Grace Dent
Selfie-snapping a picture of yourself, largely for egotistical purposes-is
the Word of the Year for Oxford Dictionaries editors. The frequency of
its usage has increased by 17,000 per cent over the past 12 months.
Historians will look back at 2013 and note that in the UK, during a time
of financial woe, youth unemployment and mass disenchantment, the
buzzword of the year described the cheap, pocket-friendly pastime of
staging a picture to look like a fantasy version of oneself. Cheeks sucked
inwards. Biceps flexed. Maybe with one arm round a minor celeb whom
you just accosted and who couldn't swat you away #goodfriends
#soblessed.
In 1993, if you went to Woolworths three times a week to sit in the
Foto-Me booth snapping pictures of yourself pulling poses, your ego
would have been the stuff of local legend. Now, a selfie-a-day is
unremarkable. We take selfies without irony, sans shame, posting the
results online as bait in the great murky cyber-sea. We fish never-
endingly for compliments, comments...any feedback at all. Maybe just a
Facebook like? A little Instagram regram and a new surge of followers.
Anything - please God, anything - which indicates we were bathing,
remotely, momentarily in another human being's gaze.
We're living through an age where a crucial aspect of public socialising
is a little private party with oneself - staring at one's phone - editing,
colour-filtering, posting.
By and large, though, the snapping and posting of selfies is a way to
avoid our own thoughts. One reason that we sit smartphones glued to
our hands is so that, each time a difficult thought enters our brains, the
distraction is literally at our fingertips. Thoughts like, "I need to load the
dishwasher" or "How will I feel when my mother dies?" or "Why am I
alone at Christmas?" or "Can I afford to replace the grubby stair
carpet?" With a new selfie to post, and feedback to monitor, the pain is
averted. Selfies are a mindless act available every time we need to be
mindful.
Being mindful of difficult emotions, sitting with them, letting them
torment you for a bit, and then working out solutions, 10 minutes a day
of just thinking, eyes shut, without laptop, without phone, is doable.
Just a short time without thinking: "Guys! How do I look? Do I look
better today than yesterday? When you notice me what do you think?
I'll take any feedback, stay tuned for another selfie."
In 2023, I can't help thinking, the happiest people will live several days
a week away from their phones. And they won't need selfies to prove
that they are happy.
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