I take it you’ve never seen “Thank you for Smoking”. As this is a writing question, you can feel free to be creative. You can start by questioning the professor as to why she or he expects all readers of the article to agree with her view that the writer makes the article interesting. Further, if one only finds the article mediocre or mildly amusing at best, which is entirely possible given the vast mindset of the class, then how might one come up with all ten required answers for a question whose assumption they doubt in the first place? You may also provide your answers in this way if you found the article disinteresting, such as “3. The writer puts to good use his perspective that everything he puts on paper is worthy of a Pulitzer.” I mean seriously, it’s a bogus assignment in itself, to think that one single newspaper article is worthy of ten great critiques by each student. So you might as well respond in kind, in the most intelligent way possible while still completing the assignment. Best of luck!

I Had My English Paper Other Day,, And I Ended Up Doing That Quite A Few Times. I Dont Think It Will Lose You Any Marks, Otherwise It Probably Would Have Highlighted This On The Front Page With The Rest Of The Instructions, Or Your English Teacher Would Have Warned You. Dont Panic.. 🙂

I mightn’t have 10 ways, but here are a few ideas:

variety of descriptive verbs (he said, she said, he said, she said – isn’t very interesting. This is a newspaper article – you might find he denied, she agreed, he suggested, she stated, and now you have a very different picture. In a book you might have he roared, she whispered, he chortled, she murmured – even more descriptive)

use of well-chosen descriptive adjectives

use of appropriate nouns (describing the results of a traffic accident, carnage might be an appropriate noun)

in-depth look at some angle

use of photos relevant to the article

reported comments by some expert

simple words that everyone can understand (it wouldn’t keep your attention for long if it were full of words that were unfamiliar to the reader, or with lots of technilogical jargon)

a look at cause and reaction

I’m sure you will think of more yourself