News and general narrative have the same "six elements", namely, time, place, people, the cause, process and result of events. In order to portray and describe the people described in the narrative, detailed description is essential; News focuses on objectively introducing facts, and does not need to be spread out to write. It is forbidden to stir up feelings and discuss.

It has its own characteristics: first, it pays attention to authenticity, and the content it reports must be true and reflect the real situation, which is an unshakable principle.

Second, we should pay attention to timeliness, and the report of what happened must be rapid and timely. Third, pay attention to sociality. It reports the reflection of social life, which in turn affects social life. Structurally, it has its own unique structure, namely title, introduction, theme, background and conclusion.

Mail composition classification:

1. Dynamic news is also called dynamic news. This kind of news reports important events at home and abroad quickly and timely, and reports new people, new things, new weather, new achievements and new experiences in socialist construction. Many dynamic messages are short messages (short messages, concise news), with simpler content and more concise text, and often a message has several lines of text.

2. Comprehensive news, also known as comprehensive news, refers to news reports that comprehensively reflect the overall situation, trends, achievements and problems.

3. Typical news, also known as typical news, is a concentrated report on the typical experience or successful practices of a department or unit to drive the overall situation and guide the general.