Fall Final Review

1. Timeliness:  occurring at an appropriate time or set time
2. Proximity: nearness in place, time, or order
3. Human Interest: Topics readers may be interested in, interests
4. Prominence: To stand out
5. Conflict: The problem in the situation or story
6. Interviews: Asking a series of questions to someone about a certain topic or event. These are to help gain information.
7. Research: The search for facts or information on a topic or subject
8. Quotations: Said phrases, words by someone
9. Yes-no question: A simple question that can be answered in just "Yes" or "No"
10. Follow-up question: The following question that goes with the one before it.
11. Objective writing: To write and have a goal or objective for the reader or oneself as the writer.
12. Transition paragraph: A paragraph/statement that helps move from one topic to another.
13. Hard news story: Simple, journalistic style writing that is strict on rules and how it is written.
14. Soft news story: Journalistic style writing that is not as strict with the rules
15. Inverted Pyramid: The style/organizer used for writer's of a hard news story
16. Third-person point of view: The view in which there is a narrator- NO "I", "My", "Me", etc.
17. 5 Ws and H lead: This lead tells almost the whole story just within itself, answering Who What When Where Why and How.
18. editing: The process of fixing or critiquing a work of writing.
19. attribution: to regard, consider
20. paraphrase: To put one statement into simpler terms
21. fragmentary quotation: Bits and pieces of the quote from a source.
22. direct quotation: Exactly what the source said
23. partial quotation: A rephrased or edited version of something that a source said.
24. Uses of quotations: Using quotations helps get the real world and other people/places' thoughts or parts of the story or topic at hand. These are used very frequently and should always be used.
25. When to use quotations: Use these ALWAYS except for editorials or opinion pieces.
26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired: (above)
27. Editorial: An opinion from the publisher or editor
28. editorial page: A page reserved just for the Editor/Publisher
29. columns: Slender, thin groups of sentences or paragraphs fit onto a page.
30. editorial that criticizes: An editorial with an opinion that attacks or talks negatively about something
31. editorial that explains: An editorial that gives information on a topic, subject, or event in deep explanation
32. editorial that persuades: An editorial that tries to convince the reader to agree with something, disagree, etc.
33. letter to the editor: A letter sent in from a reader on their thoughts, opinions, or questions on varied topics. These are then answered by an Editor.