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STRUCTURE OF A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
HEADING (title) : “An important mission”
→The heading has the function to capture the attention of the reader, so it shouldn’t reveal the whole content of the article.
SUBHEADING : “The advent of Christianity in Great Britain”
→The function of the subheading is to give further information about the content of the article.
1st PARAGRAPH → The function of the first paragraph is to give information about the entry of Christianity in Great Britain.
2nd PARAGRAPH → The function of the second paragraph is to inform about the impact of a monotheistic cult on polytheistic ones.
3rd PARAGRAPH → The third paragraph has the function to explain how Christianity could merge into polytheistic cults.
4th PARAGRAPH → The fourth paragraph has the function to give information about the organization of the spread of Christianity.
5th PARAGRAPH → The function of the fifth paragraph is to illustrate how Christianity spread over Anglo-Saxon lands.
6th PARAGRAPH → The sixth and last paragraph is the conclusion of the article.