ARTICLE:
Notice what kind of article you have to write (for a newspaper/magazine / etc.) and who your readers will be then choose correct register and layout, keep it consistent throughout the article.
Use descriptive verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to make events more interesting, use rhetorical questions to enhance the reader's interest.
The introduction should have an impact on readers.
Notice what kind of article you have to write (for a newspaper/magazine / etc.) and who your readers will be then choose correct register and layout, keep it consistent throughout the article.
Use descriptive verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to make events more interesting, use rhetorical questions to enhance the reader's interest.
The introduction should have an impact on readers.
Use direct speech only where appropriate. According to experts...
Personal passives are interesting to use too. Living abroad is said to be a great ...
Inversions are interesting techniques to add emphasis. Never would I have imagined ....
You could hypothesize with modal verbs. Losing your job must have been a trauma...
Conclude the article forcefully and leave readers with something to think about. ie: So after all you have read, don't you think something should be done? And the sooner the better?
General structure:
Give your article a heading or headline which makes the subject clear and also catches the reader’s attention.
Divide the article into paragraphs to help the reader follow the argument.
Begin with an interesting introduction – an example, perhaps, or a question.
End with an overall comment or concluding.
Heading: Debe ser atrayente para el lector, que le enganche a seguir leyendo.
Freezing! (dramatic)
My Lone Walk to the North Pole (a summary)
Rescue from the rapids (a summary)
What’s the big idea? (a question)
Seven banks a day are robbed in LA (a surprising)
You’re already well equipped to prevent crime (a surprising)
Opening:
Did you know …?
What would you do if …?
Never would I have imagined that......
Have you ever....?
Sequencing:
At first / To start with/In the beginning / to begin with /firstly/ in the first place/
XXX used to xxxxx
had they had the opportunity, they would surely have.......
Besides / in addition / in addition to this/ what’s more / moreover
Secondly/ in second place /
However / nevertheless/ on the other hand/ even so/ contrary to popular belief
Last but not least/ lastly/ finally
In conclusion/ summarizing/ in a nutshell
Then/Next/After that, ...
The next thing that happened was ...
The next thing I knew was ...
Seconds/Minutes later,
Late on/Some time later,
It wasn't until much later that ...
After some time/After what seemed like years, ...
Finally/In the end, ...
Meanwhile/In the meantime,
While all this was going on,
In the middle of all this, ...
During all this time, ...
Sudden or unexpected events:
Suddenly/All of a sudden, ...
All at once, ...
Out of the blue, ...
Without any warning, ...
Just when I was least expecting it, ...
The next thing I knew was ...Rapid events:
As quick as a flash, ...
In the wink of an eye, ...
In a matter of seconds/minutes, ...
In no time at all, ...Looking back:
In retrospect, ...
When I think back to what happened then, ...
Remember to use conditionals, modal verbs, passives, inversion, etc...
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