DSE 英文 article 格式：最少格式，最高靈活度
Article 係 DSE Paper 2 入面最靈活嘅文體，但唔代表可以亂寫。最穩陣嘅做法係用 title + hook + development + clean ending，令篇文既似真實專欄，又唔會寫到似 essay、report 或 letter
一、Article 同其他文體有咩分別
Article 唔需要信件嗰種上款下款，亦唔需要 report 嗰種固定 subheadings 或 numbering。資料指出，article 的主要格式限制其實好少，最重要係有 title，而且內容要夠吸引讀者繼續睇落去。
相較之下，letter 要顧格式同收信人關係，report 要更客觀、更有結構，article 就可以更有彈性，亦更接近專欄文章或雜誌文章。正因為咁，article 最容易失分嘅位通常唔係 format 太少，而係學生寫得太似 essay，完全冇讀者感。
二、最穩陣格式
你可以直接記住呢個 DSE-friendly 骨架：
Title
Hook opening
Body paragraph 1
Body paragraph 2
Body paragraph 3
Ending with a takeaway or closing thought
article 要有標題，而且開頭應該簡潔明確、引人入勝，令讀者想繼續讀落去。
三、標題點樣寫
Article 嘅 title 唔可以求其，因為佢係第一個吸引讀者嘅位置。最好做到簡潔、具體、帶少少吸引力，例如問題句、對比句，或者有畫面感嘅短語。
標題例子
Why Students Need Better Sleep
The Hidden Cost of Phone Addiction
Can School Life Be Less Stressful?
Learning Beyond the Classroom
標題最好直接反映文章主題，唔好太空泛。資料亦提到，標題應該概括主旨，同時引起好奇心。
四、開頭點先似 article
Article 開頭最重要唔係講「I am writing…」，而係用一個 hook 迅速吸引讀者。可以用問題、現象、驚人事實、生活場景，或者一個簡短畫面去切入。
常見 opening 方法
A question.
Have you ever wondered why… ?A general observation.
Nowadays, more and more students…A vivid scene.
Every morning, the same story repeats itself…A short statement of the issue.
Sleep deprivation has become a serious problem among teenagers.
呢種開首比 essay 式 introduction 更有「雜誌文章」感，亦更符合 DSE article 嘅讀者導向。
五、正文點樣寫得有層次
Article 仍然要有清楚段落，但唔需要死板。每段只做一個重點，然後用例子、觀察、簡短分析去撐住。段落之間要有 logical flow，每段聚焦一個主要想法，咁先易跟。
建議段落功能
Paragraph 1：描述現象。
Paragraph 2：分析原因或影響。
Paragraph 3：提出建議、啟發或未來方向。
文章語氣最好係 semi-formal：夠自然、夠 readable，但唔好過分口語化。資料亦指出，feature/article 類題型通常適合半正式 tone，而唔係純學術腔。
六、點樣寫到似 article 而唔似 essay
最常見失誤係：考生一開波就寫得太 formal，然後成篇只係「三段論證」，完全冇 article 味。Article 需要更 reader-friendly，句子可以短長交替，開首同轉段可以更有節奏感。
可用技巧
問句開場：So why are so many students exhausted?
場景切入：Picture a classroom full of sleepy faces.
直接轉話題：The answer may surprise you.
結尾留餘韻：Maybe it is time we rethink what really matters.
呢啲寫法會令文章更像一篇真正會刊登嘅專欄，而唔係作文題答案。
七、Gold-standard sample
The Sleep Crisis Among Students
Have you noticed how often students complain about being tired? In today’s fast-paced school life, exhaustion has become almost normal. Yet this should worry us, not comfort us.
One major reason is that many students simply do not sleep enough. Homework, revision, CCA activities and endless screen time all steal hours from the night. As a result, students arrive at school with heavy eyes and empty minds, ready to struggle rather than learn.
Another problem is that tired students are often less patient, less focused and less motivated. A sleepy teenager may forget homework, lose concentration in class, and even become irritable with family members. In other words, lack of sleep does not only affect grades; it affects daily life as well.
So what can be done? Schools, parents and students must work together. Students need better time management, parents need to set healthier routines, and schools should avoid overloading young people with unrealistic expectations. If we keep treating tiredness as normal, the problem will only grow worse.
Perhaps the real question is not whether students are tired. It is why we have allowed them to become so.
#This sample is article-like because it uses a strong title, a hook, clear paragraph focus, and a thoughtful ending, while still keeping the tone controlled and readable.
八、填空練習版
你可以用以下模板直接套題：
[Title]
[Hook opening: question / scene / fact]
Paragraph 1: [main idea 1 + example]
Paragraph 2: [main idea 2 + example]
Paragraph 3: [main idea 3 / suggestion / ending thought]
實用句式
Nowadays, …
It is no exaggeration to say that…
The reality is that…
What makes this issue even more serious is that…
In the long run, …
Perhaps it is time to rethink…
這個版本最適合考場速寫，因為你只要換主題，框架都可以照用。
九、最易失分位
Article 最常見問題係太似 report、太似 letter、或者太似 formal essay。另一個常見問題係冇 title，或者 title 同內容完全唔 match。
要避開
用 Dear Sir/Madam 開頭。
寫 report 式 subheadings。
過度學術化。
每段都係長篇大論，冇 reader engagement。
結尾只係普通 summary，冇記憶點。
