Inverted Pyramid Structure

 The inverted pyramid is a method for writing stories and is important to journalism students. The inverted pyramid helps the journalist attract more readers.  At the top, you would write about the main idea, climax, and the primary elements.  On the next part, you write about the supporting details. On the last part, it should tell information like the specific details, but it is not required.

A journailist will use the inverted pyramid to make their writing easier to understand. For example, there was a very close football game.  On the top of the pyramid, you would say that they made the last touchdown in the last 30 seconds. Then, you could say which team was leading, who played well, and why it came very close. It works because people will be able to know the crucial stuff on the top of the pyramid. As the reader continues to read, the reader can stop anytime, but still get the climax.

This inverted pyramid helps the class to attract more readers and know what information is imporant and which ones are not necessary. It also helps us to be more structured and orginized. I will use this in my future wok and hope to write the imortant idea and work down to the good supporting details.

References:

Inverted pyramid, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid 9/7/12

Using the Inverted Pyramid to Write articles, Yahoo voices, http://voices.yahoo.com/using-inverted-pyramid-write-news-articles-212793.html?cat=4, 9/7/12

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journallism, Christopher K. Passante, 9/10/12