I. Before reading work in groups of two and speculate on possible answers.

1. The inverted pyramid is the model for news writing. Analyze two figures, where would you place heavier information at the top or at the bottom? Justify your answer.

2. Learning to write is like learning to cook – except that, instead of a recipe book, we use the inverted triangle. Scrutinize this upside-down pyramid structure and explain the sequential order.

The introduction (or intro) at the widest part of the triangle

will contain the Who and the What of the story, plus

perhaps the When?

The next few paragraphs (or pars) will build on the

intro, explaining more of What happened,

How, Where and Why?

Background will be included

to add interest and to put

the story in context.

Finally, loose ends

will be tied up

3. Rudyard Kipling wrote the following and it is worth remembering. Try to compose your own verse.

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