Commentary Writing
1. Three emotions iv'e felt have been stress, happiness, and overwhelmed. Iv'e had quiz after quiz and test after test, it's been stressful to keep up with everything and getting to bed at a good time is impossible sometimes. Happiness because my parent are super supportive and help me with anything 2. three things that have given me satisfaction - Being caught up on all my-school work - Having a good hair day/ makeup - When I get good grades on my test 3. Three things I worry about - Grades - My Weight - World Issues 4. - Math -Slow Walkers - My sister 5. - My puppy/family - Cranberry juice/water - Chapstick 6. - getting everything done - Having time for their family/friends - Dealing with mad parents 7. - When they get all their grading done -When all their students pass their test - When they get to teach their full lessons 8. - How their are so manny opportunity's to meet new people - How you can be whoever you wan to be - How...
2. Proximity- nearness in space, time, or relationship
3. Human Interest - the aspect of a story in the media that interests people because it describes the experiences or emotions of individuals
4.Prominence-the state of being important or famous
5.Conflict-a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
6.Interviews-to hold an interview with (someone)
7.Research-investigate systematically
8.Quotations-a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author speaker
9.yes-no questions-polar question, generally a question whose expected to answer is either a "yes" or "no"
10.follow-up questions-reply questions
11.Objective writing-writing that you can verify through evidence and facts
12.Transition paragraph-words, phrases, or sentences that connect one topic or idea to another in a paper or essay in a smooth, coherent way.
13.Hard news story-fast paced news that usually appears on the front page of newspapers.
14.soft news story-organizations that primarily deal with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle.
15.Inverted pyramid-method for writing news stories.
16.third-person point of view-writing from the outsider looking in and uses pronouns like he, she, it or they.
17.5 Ws and H lead-are questions whose answers are considered basic in information-gathering.
18.editing-prepare for publication by correcting, condensing or otherwise modifying it.
19.attribution-the action of regarding something as being caused by a person or thing.
20.paraphrase-a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
21.fragmentary quotation-consisting of or reduced to fragments, broke, disconnected, incomplete
22.direct quotation-one in which you copy an authors words directly from the text and use that exact wording in your essay.
23.partial quotation-the use of a direct quotation in which the beginning or end of the quote has been revised so that the sentence may be introduced or completed by your own words.
24.uses of quotations-one of a pair of punctuation marks
25.when to use quotations-are used to show the beginning and the end of a quotation, to show that something is a title, to show that a word or phrase is being used in a special way, etc.
26.when quotations are unnecessary or not desired-
27.editorial-a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
28.editorial page- leading article
29.columns-a vertical division of a page or text
30. editorial that criticizes: An editorial that shows a persons opinion on something
31. editorial that explains: Editorial that explains a topic.
32. editorial that persuades: Editorial that persuades the reader.
33. letter to the editor: Write a letter to the editor.