Exemplary feature writing - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24afghanistan-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=magazine&pagewanted=print

The New York Times

February 24, 2008

Battle Company is Out There

By Elizabeth Rubin

Questions to ask & activities:

1. Does the writer hold your attention through a long article? If she does, how did she do it? If not, why?
   
2. Quote the most vivid and vigorous sentences in this feature.
   
3. Write this feature as straight news, 100 words maximum.