the effect created by using serious, factual language

when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech

when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas

punctuation marks used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech or a quotation

language structures that develop text cohesion

Linguistic features of a journalistic report

English

In this unit, pupils use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils learnt to research a historical event as a stimulus for writing a journalistic report. In this unit, pupils will use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

Climate emergency: journalistic report writing

Which of the following linguistic features are common in a journalistic report?

when we write the exact words someone said

when we explain what someone said without using their exact words

Which is the correct definition of 'reported speech'?

Which type of punctuation will we always use for direct speech?

The police spokesperson said that the event was peaceful. 

"We need to protect these trees!" one protestor explained. 

A protestor explained that the trees needed to be protected. 

Objects were thrown, but no-one was hurt. 

Although objects were thrown, no-one was hurt.

Projectiles, which were thrown by protestors, caused no injuries.

Match the sentence types to the examples. 

The protest (outside City Hall) was relatively peaceful. 

O'Keefe a, local professor, added her voice to the protestors' concerns. 

The (protest outside City Hall) was relatively peaceful. 

O'Keefe, a local professor, added her voice to the protestors' concerns. 

Which sentences have the parenthesis correctly punctuated? 

A journalistic report can be found in a newspaper, a magazine or online

A journalistic report is always written in columns

A journalistic report usually focuses on something that happened recently

someone who pushes for something to happen

Which section of a journalistic report is likely to contain a brief summary of the event that has happened? 

We must stop these trees being destroyed at all costs!

Protestors argue that we must stop the trees being destroyed at all costs. 

Police said that the protest was largely peaceful.

The police were hopelessly weak in dealing with the protest.

Which of these sentences are **not** appropriate for a journalistic report? 

Which of the below means 'a quotation to show the exact words someone said'?

Perspectives are more important than facts

Perspectives help us understand how different groups feel about an issue

Facts are much easier to find than perspectives

We want to know the facts about an event so that we have a clear picture of it

Why would we include both **perspectives and facts** in a journalistic report?

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