Chapter 17 True/False Self-Quiz

. Feature stories are journalism, but they are also a form of creative writing and can even have fictional elements in them.

. Features are often editorials.

. Journalists personally visit and observe the places they write about and they interview people in their customary surroundings.

. The only requirement for the lead of a feature story is that it creates tension.

. The inverted-pyramid style is inappropriate for feature stories.

. Journalists reveal the character of the people they write about with quotations and descriptions of personal traits such as mannerisms, body language, appearance, dress, age, preferences, prejudices and use of personal space.

. Feature stories end with a summary.

. Profiles commemorate important events.

. Editors and news directors often assign feature stories about seasons and holidays.

. Participatory features give an inside view through the senses of a journalist who is actually experiencing an event or situation.

. Like any news story, features must be written in the third person.

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