COM CO 201 Lecture 7: Lecture - Journalistic Writing
8 Feb 2018
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* write news story exercise using this method. After the hard news lead, the content is presented by order of importance. 2nd most important facts + quotes (in order of importance) After this, if needed to cut, easiest way to cut is from here. When writing a news story, you can just use said. Prepositional phrase: contains a preposition and object. Appositive phrase: acts as noun and gives us more information about the phrase. The plane, a fighter jet, flew into the clouds. Absolute phrase: does not have subj or verb but modifies broader clause. The pilot, escaping heavy rain, flew into the clouds. The celebrity burst into tears, after the attendant told. Clauses can be independent or dependent her to put away her phone. Human interest stories, news of the weird. Involves injuries / deaths (if it bleeds, it leads)
