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Using Quotations
100
In Ms. Slack's class, this is Cory Laird's title.
Who is the "Homework Guru?"
100
A person that is responsible for catching co-workers' spelling and punctuation errors.
What is a copy editor?
100
Her middle name is Lunta
Who is Kymesha Holliday?
100
This student's work holds a place of the highest honor at Mr. Gennaro's desk. She is often quiet, probably because she has a lot of great ideas being generated upstairs. Hint: The third letter in her first name is a q, not a g. She will be studying cardiology in college very soon, because she is a senior. Yes, she is going to prom.
Who is Laqreasha Olden?
100
This case, found in chapter 8, highlights a U.S. Supreme Court issue about quotes. The legal outcome states that "a deliberate alteration of a quotation constitutes 'knowlege of falsity' only if it changes the meaning of the original words."
What is Masson v. The New Yorker?
200
He has a pet chihuahua.
Who is Dexter?
200
Punctuation marks that enclose a quotation.
What are quotation marks?
200
Miketia
Who is Ariana Bindon?
200
This professional journalist is featured in ch. 8. He writes for Detroit Piston's fans. He is a writer-editor for Pistons.com. (Please use any available source of information to find him.)
Who is Keith Langlois?
200
With these, the writer quotes part of a source's actual words.
What are partial quotes?
300
This person has a kid's backpack and can run the 40 in 4.4.
Who is Marquis Leonard?
300
A sad excuse for a sentence, an incomplete thought: ex.) Mr. Gennaro, I can go to the?
What is a sentence fragment?
300
La'Mar
Who is Jerome "Lucky" Verret?
300
If documentary counts as journalism, this man did incredible work after Hurricane Katrina. He showed the world a picture of the storm through the eyes of local residents. Hint: He is named after Snoopy's cousin.
Who is Spike Lee?
300
These are quotes that use the exact words spoken by the source.
What are direct quotes?
400
This person has been known to drink "Blue Drink" in Mr. Gennaro's class. Outside of class, this person has participated in the hard hitting sport, soft-ball. This person aced her last Journalism test!
Who is Dana Cosey?
400
A sentence that contains too many independant clauses. ex.) Shatisha, interviewing Dinesha, quoted her as saying, "My favorite thing that I did last summer was to fish all night," and then Shatisha submitted her interview sheet to Mr. Gennaro, and then he read it, and then he realized that her interview contained some offensive language.
What is a run-on sentence?
400
Chena
What is Jasma's middle name?
400
This English Literature figure wrote Tom Sawyer. He served as a journalist for a great portion of his life.
Who is Mark Twain?
400
Paraphrasing is another word for these types of quotes. You rephrease the source's words for clarity or brevity.
What are indirect quotations?
500
This person shares the same name as one of the class fish. She will take her skills from EBRAA and become an excellent Zoologist in a few short years.
Who is Ariana Bindon?
500
The following sentence is awkward and displays a large amount of r____________y. ex.) I like trees, because I like them so much. I began liking them when I was a little kid, and I have liked them ever since I was young. This article was about liking trees.
What is redundancy?
500
Jeromelamarc
What is Torrian Ridgely's middle name?
500
This woman reported has interviewed seven presidents while they were in office. She serves as the Washington Bureau Chief with USA Today. Her name is not well known, but she is featured on page 225 in the text.
Who is Susan Page?
500
This is the name of our other class fish.
What is _____________? You decide.