Writing
What is a lead?
This is the official style guide that the Woodgrove Outlander adheres to when writing articles.
What is the AP Style guide?
Overused, overworked, old, and trite expression (for example busy bees, blushing bride, dull thud)
What is cliche?
A story that focuses on comedy and entertainment than on informing the audience. These may be written on virtually any topic and are usually written in jovial tone.
What is satire?
A serious type of journalism that exposes to the public matters that are concealed.
the specific perspective or viewpoint a reporter chooses to focus on when telling a story, essentially framing the narrative and highlighting particular aspects of an event to make it engaging and relevant to the audience
What is a comma splice?
A usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
What is editorial?
Under the headline, it tells the reader who wrote the article.
What is a byline?
Inherent opinion present in all writers. The best journalists are able to put this aside in their works.
What is bias
a writing style that presents information in descending order of importance. It is a widely used model in journalism and other forms of mass communication where immediate engagement and clear, quick delivery of key facts are crucial.
What is the inverted pyramid?
Method of composing photographs in which the field of vision is divided into thirds horizontally and vertically and the image placed at the intersection of any two lines.
What is the rule of thirds?
A type of non-fiction article writing about news covering a single topic in detail. Typically focused on entertainment and written in light-hearted language.
What is a masthead?
To put a speaker's words into the reporter's own words without changing the meaning or inserting opinion. Used to clarify lengthy, fuzzy or complicated thoughts. They do not have to be used in quotation marks.
What is paraphrase?
A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspaper themselves. This brand of journalism was a major contributor to the start of the Spanish-American War.
What is yellow journalism?
The empty space in page design that helps emphasize the message. If used effectively, it can actually attract the reader's eye.
What is white space?
They are written by members of the public, as opposed to newspaper staff, and give somebody's opinion about a current issue.
What are letters to the editor?
In an article, a large capital letter used as a decorative element at the beginning of a paragraph or section.
What is a drop cap?