International News

Headline:

Straight forward headline

Strong Earthquake Rattles Northern Japan

- What happened?

- Where did it happen?

News Resource

News resource cited from:

AP– Associated Press 美聯社Reporter’s name: HIROKO TABUCHI,

Associated Press Writer

Getting the Main Ideas

The opening paragraph:

- place: Tokyo

- time: early Tuesday 11/15, 2005

- What happened: earthquake, tsunami

Further Details

1. The magnitude of the quake

2. Tsunami waves generated by the quake

3. The further influence of the quake

4. Geographical background and damage of the quake in the past

Concluding Paragraph

1. Further development of the quake and tsunami.

2. Influence of local tsunami generated by the quake.