The Fabulous Five Sentence Fail-Safe Structure

We have spent the past four weeks in COMM 160 testing and revising numerous writing methods in order to create a formula create a perfect hard hitting news article.  Little did we know that in as little as five sentences we could create a fail-proof news story with each key part of the article could be presented to the reader in just one sentence.  The first sentence is, of course, the lead.  The lead presents just enough information to get across the point of the story in an eye-catching manner, but leaves the necessary room for expansion.  The second sentence, the "Support Sentence," is where the writer can then back up the lead with addition context. Sentence three and four are questionably the most important sentences in the whole article.  In this portion, you are responsible for introducing a quote and the speaker of the quote. This information helps the reader understand why the whole article is relevant.  The writer obviously feels that the article he or she is writing is important but by adding in quotes from an outsider, it shows the reader that the news being presented is something that will affect others. The last sentence of the article gives background information that ties the entire article together and answers any lingering questions the reader may have. This simple formula gives all the necessary information to produce a well-published article for the world to enjoy.