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News Writing
Fact/Opinion and Verb Tense
Character Analysis
The Street/Fig. Language
Spelling/
Character Analysis Format
100
A graphic organizer to help organize a news story.
What is the inverted pyramid?
100
Cannot be verified or validated.
What is an opinion?
100
Breaking down information into different parts in order to: compare things, give reasons, tell why something is the way it is
What is analysis?
100
To bother or harm.
What is molest?
100
To build
What is struct
200
Organized by the five W's, brief and concise.
What is a news lead?
200
A statement that can be proven or verified.
What is a fact?
200
The process or method of thinking that questions assumptions.
What is critical thinking?
200
A choice between equally balanced alternatives, often undesirable
What is dilemma?
200
A sentence that focuses your paper/character analysis, outlines and maps the direction of your writing.
What is a thesis statement?
300
Does not choose sides, gives only the facts, does not give the reporters opinion.
What is objective?
300
Statements that are unproven but backed up by data, research, or some form of validation.
What is a validated opinion?
300
A character often does not participate directly in any of the action
What is a catalyst character?
300
Giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
What is personification?
300
Two.
What is du?
400
The part of the news story that is easily cut or cropped by the editor.
What are less essential details?
400
Verb Tense: They had walked.
What is past perfect verb tense?
400
A universally understood symbol or term; a pattern of behavior; a model upon which others are copied or patterned.
What is an archetype?
400
Special comparisons that make your writing more creative.
What is figurative language?
400
Paragraphs written according to your thesis statement (character analysis).
What are body paragraphs?
500
Directly spoken language from an outside source to help insure there is no bias in your written article.
What is a quote?
500
Verbs that do not take the common "ed" ending for past tense.
What are irregular verbs?
500
The underlying meaning of a literary work.
What is subtext?
500
Words that do not stray from their meaning, very direct and straight forward.
What is literal language?
500
The three parts of an introductory paragraph in a character analysis essay.
What are the attention getter, subject, and thesis statement?