Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A new post...

Hello everybody. I have been reading some of your blogs; they are fantastic. A suggestion that I have for you all is to edit your posts before you publish them.

Also, I need two students from each class to assist me in editing the school paper. This project will be done during class time.

Below is a list of terms that you be quizzed on. The quiz will be Friday for all classes.

1. newsspeak - language that distorts, confuses or hides reality.
2. sound bite - the videotaped quote in television news.
3. Euphemism -a milder word used instead of another word that might be offensive.
4. Profile - feature story about a person.
5. Stet - a term meaning let it stand.
6. Retraction - a printed correction of an earlier error in the paper.
7. Label Head - a headline without a verb ; to be avoided.
8. Editorializing - inserting the writer's opinion into a news story, which should be written objectively.
9. Cutoff test - reporter's check that final paragraphs are not essential to story.
10. Center of visual interest - the dominant item on a page - usually a photo.

6 comments:

Matt Coots said...

Hey Mr. Savage I'll help you edit-- But I need to fix mine first.

amanda said...

you are the best... this site thing is cute:] good job. and i like that you gave us our vocab words this way!!!!!!! peace out< amanda

Mitch said...

Mr. Savage,
I would appreciate it if the quiz was Monday. I have very little time to study tonight.
-Sledgehammer

Mitch said...

"Mitchell, I'm gonna' fail"
-Danielle

bjleal said...

umm i will fail if it is monday make it tuesday

Mitch said...

Disreguard what I said here too, he's still not the man.
-entnedeh