Vocabulary | Famous Journalist | Sat Prep: Improving Sentences | Things Journalist Should and Shouldn't Do | Writing Techniques |
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What is an assignment
A story a reporter is detailed to cover
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Who is James Agee
a journalist, critic, poet, screenwriter and novelist who wrote the text for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a celebration of depression-era sharecropper families.
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What is A. Can you please tone down your argument just a little bit?
Can you please tone down your argument just a little bit?
A. Can you please tone down your argument just a little bit? B. Can one please tone down your argument just a little bit? C. Can you please tone down your argument just a bit? D. Can you please |
What is Plagerism
Copying some one else's work with out citing them.
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What is Revising and editing
proof reading and editing your work.
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What is body copy
The main part of the story
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Who is James Baldwin
an essayist, journalist and novelist whose finely written essays, including “Notes of a Native Son,” “Nobody Knows My Name” and The Fire Next Time, made a significant contribution to the civil-rights movement.
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What is C. I wish you would cover your ideas with a respected authority on the subject.
I wish you would cover your ideas with a respective authority on the subject.
A. I wish you would cover your ideas with a respective authority on the subject. B. I wish you would cover those ideas with a respective authority on the subject. C. I wish you |
What is false information
Making up stories to entertain the reader
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What is a Venn diagram
Comparing two objects using two bubbles that intersect in the middle.
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What is Advertisement
Printed notice for something for sale paid for by an advertiser
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Who is Carl Bernstein
while a young reporter at the Washington Post in the early 1970s broke the Watergate scandal along with Bob Woodward.
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What is B. In chemistry, a dative bond is one in which a whole electron pair is donated to the central atom, making the bond quite noteworthy.
In chemistry, a dative bond is one in which a whole electron pair is donated to the central atom, making it quite noteworthy.
A. In chemistry, a dative bond is one in which a whole electron pair is donated to the central atom, making it quite noteworthy. |
What is True
true or false
A journalist should never confuse impartiality with decontexualised he said-she said reporting |
What is RAFT
The pre-planning which identifies role, audience, format, and topic
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What is a banner
A headline in large letters running across the entire width of the page
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Who is Herbert Block (Herblock)
a clever and creative Washington editorial cartoonist who coined the term ‘McCarthyism’ and worked for the Washington Post for 55 years, until his death in 2001.
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What is C. Many people believe that T.S. Eliot was a racist but few would question the merit of his work.
Much people believe that T.S. Eliot was a racist but few would question the merit of his work.
A. Much people believe that T.S. Eliot was a racist but few would question the merit of his work. B. Many people believe that T.S. Eliot was a racist but few wo |
What is true
True or false
Journalists should never stop learning |
What is thesis statements
Tells what your paper is about. Usually found in the 1st paragraph
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What is font
The size and style of the text
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Who is Ben Bradlee
executive editor at the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991, who supervised the papers revelatory investigation of the Watergate Scandel.
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What is C. Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dust the house.
Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dusting the house.
A. Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dusting the house. B. Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and to dust th |
What is False
True or false
A journalist does not have to know their audience |
What is indention
you must do this to start a paragraph unless you are using block format.
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