Pssst. We're Talking About PSAs (and Blogs, too).
Use all 360 degrees of this to help you organize your thoughts before writing a PSA.
What is the PSA Circle?
The name of the straight-line punctuation used in a dateline.
(For example: EUGENE, Ore. — )
What is the em-dash.
The upper case words in these lyrics:
"The Northwest air BRINGS the fast boys to town
BE like fire on the Cascades
When our feet TOUCH the ground.
In my mind IS a memory
TASTES too good, IT'S bitter sweet
Of cheap champagne and a victory
I LEFT my heart in Oregon.
Oh, I LEFT my heart in Oregon.
Yeah, I LEFT my heart in Oregon.
What are weak verbs and strong verbs?
Extra point: Name the singer.
Writing coahes get nauseous when they see this mistake: The Emerald publisher has to choose between Tom and I for the top job.
What is using I in a prepositional phrase when you should use me.
The number of spelling mistakes and/or AP Style mistakes in this lede paragraph.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Bidin called on 4 senators Wednesday to explain how the rise in inflation is effecting the global economy and what steps are neccessary to reign in inflation.
What is four?
It's the final chapter of a book or the conclusion of an essay. In a Blog, it's this.
What is a kicker?
In the lede of a news story, a writer may very likely use this type of quote in order to summarize an announcement someone made.
What is a paraphrase?
Spot three errors in this news story:
Eugene, OR. — The University of Oregon announced on Wednsday a new program that will turn all final exams into bars of gold that students can redeem for an A plus in a class or a meal at the EMU. "This will prove," said President Theodore Grammar, "that a UO education pays off".
What is the dateline needs help; Wednesday is spelled incorrectly; the last period needs to go inside the quote marks?
Sing the following out loud -- and then fill in the blank at the bottom:
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off (hoo-hoo-hoo)
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off (hoo-hoo-hoo)
The writer of this lyric used a lot of ____________ verbs.
What are strong verb?
It's another sunny day in Eugene, but the UO students are definitely not feeling sunny. They are affected by burnout by brought on by the long school year and all the coming exams. Everyday they remain in school, their desire to go home rises. They want there professors to give the necessary tests soon. "We're so ready to end the school year," they say in unison.
What are everyday and there?
Very Quickly. Start talking among your teammates -- and come up with the best PSA "Call to Action/Tagline" in your section.
What is ....?
The three punctuation or style mistakes made in this quote:
“Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy." Biden expressed on Tuesday. "To every Democrat, Republican, and independent who believes in a free and fair America: This is our moment. This is our fight. Together, we will win".
What are you need to changes expressed to SAID, replace the period afrer democracy with a comma; and put the comma after win inside the quotation mark?
Use the hints to give two correct answers:
Hint one: Like the word PASSIVE, this part of speech starts with the letter P and — now, ssshhhh, keep this BETWEEN YOU AND I — is placed before a noun or a pronoun to create a certain kind of phrase.
Hint two: When you use the P-word from the above clue, you need to make sure to use another P-word -- PRONOUN -- correctly. Knowing that, this is what's wrong with BETWEEN YOU AND I.
What is a preposition and what is I should be ME?
One way to fix the following sentence:
The test was taken by the very smart student who thought he knew everything.
What is The very smart student, who thought he knew everything, took the test?
When you become a reporter, you've got to make sure you can spell the names of people in the news.
With that in mind, spell the last name of the President of Ukraine the way the AP spells it?
What is Zelenskyy?
In a blog, you want to use details — colors, tastes, smells, noises, etc. — as evidence to prove something is great, special, beautiful, amazing. When you do this, you are doing this.
What is SHOWING, not TELLING?
You're a GE in J212 and you read the following in the last paragraph of a news story.
Animal Alert will hopefully make the lives of dogs and other animals better. That's the goal, and when dogs and cats are happy people are happy too.
What's the problem?
What is This sounds like the writer is putting their opinion in the story?
Go to dailyemerald.com/news/. It's the news page of the Daily Emerald. This is the story that everyone on campus is talking about.
What is Kalapuya Ilihi Residence Hall opening delayed until 2025
You're writing a news story. You decide to use a compound sentence in one of your paragraphs. To do so, you realize you need a comma and one of these.
What are the FANBOYS?
The band behind "SHOUT." (Be sure to spell it correctly?)
What is Otis Day and the Knights?
Four pronouns you'll rarely want to use in a PSA.
What are I, me, we, us, him, her, they? (Use YOU.)
Three things you want to make sure you do right when writing a headline.
What are Use S-V-O, use the present tense, use active voice?
The only state that Nikki Haley won in her primary batter with Donald Trump.
What is Vermont?
Running on the track at Hayward Field, the hurdles prevented the Duck sprinters from getting to the finish line.
What is a dangling modifier?
The spelling of the Duck of All SOJC Ducks, the Dean Duck who has the corner office in Allen Hall. (You need to spell his name correctly.)
Who is J-U-A-N C-A-R-L-O-S M-O-L-L-E-D-A?