Feature Writing Preview

1. A hard news lede summarizes the main idea of the story and includes more detail. The one read above is shorter but still summarizes the main idea of the story. 

2. Who: 2
What: 3
Where: 2
When: 8
Why: 3
How: 25 

 3. Yes.

 4. Yes.

 5. Ted Williams, Kevin McLoughlin, Doral Chenoweth III, Ken Andrews, Tony Florentino, Shane Cormier, Frank Wilson,  and Patrick Harris were quoted in the story. 

 6. The quote that is most powerful in the story is: "Listen closely. That voice could be his." 

 7. The story is 33 paragraphs.

 8. The story is 758 words long.

 9. What is significant about the lede and the final paragraph of the story is that it adds dramatic effect. 

 10. The writer did that with the lede and final paragraph of the story to add suspension and dramatic effect.

 11. Yes but I got confused at the beginning because I thought the guy in the story was playing an instrument and that's what everyone was drawn to.

 12. Yes. 

 13. The man's voice was hyped up in the story and getting to watch the video after reading it made it whole.

 14. Yes, because the story is all about his voice and how good it is, so without an audio it would be pointless.

 15. Yes.

 16. The writer did that by italicizing the quotes from the man.

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