Revision
All writing is this.
What is rewriting?
This is what you should not be when writing a sports story.
What is a cheerleader?
You should avoid these when writing headlines.
What are SAT words?
Everyone has one of these.
What is a story?
This is an opinion piece on a topic that provides a preview of what readers can expect without telling them all of the information.
What is a review?
This is one way to find clumsy spots, parts that are too long, anything that sounds bad, or poor grammar in your story.
What is reading out loud?
This is the first thing sports writers must know, according to our notes.
What are the schedules for the teams they follow?
A headline written in this style has a shorter main headline and a longer secondary headline.
What is a hammer headline?
Feature stories are this type of news, one of the differences between them and news reports.
What is soft news?
This is the most important part of a review's introduction.
What is where the writer gives their main opinion.
This acronym helps you figure out if your story is ready to publish.
What is GQ STUDS?
This news value shows why game stories aren't so great.
What is timeliness?
Do not end a line with this.
What is a preposition?
This type of feature story discusses issues through the experiences of another.
What is a human interest story?
The conclusion of a review should contain this.
What is the writer's recommendation?
This is what GQ STUDS stands for.
What is great quotes, strong start, transitions, unique angle, details & description, and style & grammar?
You cannot write a good sports story from this. You have to be there.
What is someone else's memory?
This tip reminds writers that serious stories have serious headlines and funny stories have funny headlines.
What is to make the tone fit the content?
This is how reporters get information that moves a story from an idea to an angle.
What is backgrounding?
A top 10 list provides information in a shorter and this kind of format.
What is bite-sized?
You should be able to name one of these things that the rewriting process is not.
What is making handwriting neater, finding bigger words, typing exactly what you wrote by hand, running spell check, or adding words to make it longer.
These are all potential sports stories besides winning.
What are players, non-players, coaches, and losing?
Never be so kind, you forget to be clever. Never be so clever, you forget to be kind. Unless you're putting one of these in your headline. Then be clever when you can.
What is a pun?
Journalism 1 students should be able to name all of these types of feature stories.
What are personality profiles, human interest stories, behind the scenes stories, analysis pieces, trend stories, flashbacks, how-to's, and consumer guides?
Reviewers use these in their reasons to back up their opinions.
What are descriptions and comparisons?