Kraft 17: Writing to the End
Kraft 18: The Touch Test
My reading score: I read 100 percent of the assigned chapters carefully.
- Kraft (2019) says, “A popular and often effective ending device is to use a quote from one of your most significant sources” (p. 134).
- “If you see evidence of the nut graph everywhere you touch, great! You have a strong nut graph and body” (Kraft, 2019, p. 136).
- Kraft (2019) says if you read the article and you find your paragraphs are not connected and you can’t find a nut graph, you may need to change the article (p. 137).
- The ending “needs to leave the reader with something that resonates and clings to the edge of their mind after the page has been turned, and that can be a tie back to the lede, a reflective moment or a twisting surprise” (Kraft, 2019, p. 133).
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The ending “needs to leave the reader with something that resonates and clings to the edge of their mind after the page has been turned, and that can be a tie back to the lede, a reflective moment or a twisting surprise” (Kraft, 2019, p. 133). This sums up what the ending should do concisely in a way I understand. The ending needs to leave the reader with something to reflect on that they’ll remember after they read the article. It should tie back to the lede and be something new/surprising. I will remember this when I go to write my feature. – Ellen Batty
References
Kraft, N. (2019). Writing fabulous features. The Ohio State University Pressbooks.
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