Professional media writting Flashcards
What are subjects?
The ‘thing’ the sentence talks about
What are Verbs
what something is doing.
Singular vs Plural
use subject closer to verb to figure this out.
What is active voice? [DO THIS ONE]
Who did what to whom
(the accounting firm Juggled Books)
Passive voice?
Who had what done to it by whom
(Books were juggled by the accounting firm)
Subject-verb-object (clear sentences)
The verb should agree with the intended number of the subject
What are proper nouns?
A noun that has a specific name [Tru, NWMSU, Millard South]
Common nouns?
A noun that is a concept not an individual. [Fork, dish, goat, dove, man, child]
News Element
timeliness, proximity, prominence, novelty, conflict, Impact, magnitude, human interest, emotional appear
reporter bias
Don’t report on something you are a part of or passionate about
generalizing
a broad statement that applies to many examples
editorializing
make comments or express opinions rather than just report the news.
Describe conflicts of interest
Topics you are a part of
What are adverbs?
(ending in -ly) 99.9% of time take out the adjectives and adverbs!
What are adjectives?
Adds in opinion TAKE OUT
