A Brief Discussion on English Article Writing

What is Article Writing?

Article writing is a form of written content created to reach an audience with the help of mass media. It has various uses and can be used in an academic setting. The best use of article writing is writing a newspaper or magazine article. A newspaper article is the most commonly used form of article writing because it reaches the largest audience in the shortest amount of time. To write an article successfully, many steps need to be taken.

It is one of the three compulsory sections in an English exam. The word limit for this particular section is usually around 120-150 words. More or less, the same number of questions can be asked depending on the paper pattern, whether it’s a multiple-choice paper type or subjective type, which means different students get different questions based on their respective answers to the previous ones.

Article Writing Format

While writing an article, one needs to take good care of its formatting. The format is how the text looks and is read by the readers.

There are many formats used for writing articles ranging from simple to fancy ones. The simple format describes only the main points in a single line or two. Fancy format discusses more points but has more details. CBSE prescribes the below-mentioned format. It is followed by class 6 to class 12.

The Format of Article Writing is as follows

Part 1 – Heading

It is the title or name of your article. It should be short and catchy. It must be in bold, followed by a single space.

Part 2 – By-line

It is also known as the author line. It tells who has written this article. A single space can follow it.

Part 3 – Body

The body of an article contains all the details about the topic. It will answer all questions like who, what, where, when, why, and how. It must be divided into different paragraphs for easy understanding to the reader. Each paragraph should have one idea, which should be explained in that paragraph itself. The first sentence of each should talk about the idea of that particular paragraph, and the rest should explain it further. There should not be any ambiguity in it, i.e., readers should not doubt your idea after reading that paragraph. The last sentence of each paragraph must act as a bridge between the next paragraph and this paragraph by giving some hints or clues to the next paragraph.

The body is further divided into

Beginning: This section gives a brief introduction to the subject matter.

Middle: This part consists of all the details of what has happened and why it has happened.

Part 4 – Conclusion

The conclusion starts with a final paragraph of several lines that sums up everything that has been discussed so far in the article, which mostly focuses on what readers would like to know about it.

How to Make an Article Eye-catching?

There is a famous saying, ‘first impression is the last impression’. Article writing follows this principle completely. How readers judge, depends on how you begin the article.

In most articles, the introduction or opening paragraph is called a hook. It serves two purposes. One, it introduces you to your reader and what you have written about. Two, it gets your reader interested in what’s coming next and makes him or her want to read more.

The hook can be anything, but when choosing one, it’s good to ask yourself two questions:

What do my readers need to know to be able to understand what I’m writing about?

How can I best use this hook to draw them in and make them want more?

Conclusion

The ability to write an article is useful not only in academics but also in other professional life. Students must practice article writing to develop both their skills of communication and expression. Once you have a basic idea regarding what an article is and what it contains, you can proceed further. It’s important to write convincing articles so that your audience should continue reading. With good content, a good flow of words, and a few grammar mistakes, you can be successful in acing the art of article writing.