174 WRITING COACH In your article you should: explain what makes riding e-scooters attractive comment on possible disadvantages of e-scooters advise people riding e-scooters how to act responsibly Give your article a title. Write around 250 words. An article is an independent piece of writing usually published in an (online) magazine and read by a specific audience who is interested in the topic. It can be serious or amusing, using lively and expressive language. Its purpose is to inform, entertain, convince, persuade or simply captivate the readership. To attract the readers’ attention, the article needs to have a catchy title which gives them an idea of what it is about. This can be a question or a surprising/provocative statement. The readership should be involved with direct or rhetorical questions, imperatives and exclamatory sentences. The article may include the writer’s opinion, different ideas, descriptions and examples, as long as they are interesting for the readers. Article Articles in a nutshell Layout Title Paragraphs Organisation Title: Should be catchy, bold, provocative to get the readers’ attention. Introduction: Get your readers interested in the topic. Make them want to continue reading. Main body: Address and develop the content points, starting a new paragraph for each of them. Link the paragraphs so that your readers don’t lose interest in what you’re writing. Conclusion: Wrap up your article by giving the readers the feeling that they haven’t wasted their time reading it. The conclusion should give the readers the feeling that they have not wasted their time reading the article. It could be a question, an answer to a question or a summary. It could also give them something to think about or encourage them to take action. Sample task An international youth magazine is launching a series of articles on interesting trends. Next month’s issue will feature e-scooters. They are asking young people to send in articles and promise a free e-scooter to the writer of the best article. You have decided to send one in. Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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