Lesson 2.3 F Worksheet
Use the opinion piece you printed from a recent News Blog (or similar source) and compare it to the News article about the same topic.
Headline of News Blog Item
Headline of News item about same topic
Summarize the content of News Blog Item
Summarize the content of News Item #2
How does the language of these two articles differ? What kinds of words do you see in each? How would you describe?
List the instances of opinion that are present in both articles. Are there any special words or sentence structures that make the opinion obvious? Describe.
Does the News Blog item appeal to any emotions in the reader? Explain.
Does the News article cover as many facts as possible? Explain.
Which article did you remember the most? Why? Which one told you more information about the issue? Why?
Headline of News Blog Item
Headline of News item about same topic
Summarize the content of News Blog Item
Summarize the content of News Item #2
How does the language of these two articles differ? What kinds of words do you see in each? How would you describe?
List the instances of opinion that are present in both articles. Are there any special words or sentence structures that make the opinion obvious? Describe.
Does the News Blog item appeal to any emotions in the reader? Explain.
Does the News article cover as many facts as possible? Explain.
Which article did you remember the most? Why? Which one told you more information about the issue? Why?