COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING: More than Just Marks and Words By Marnela Kathleen V. Pasamba Objectives: 1. Define briefly what copyreading and headline writing is. 2. Describe the role of copyreaders and headline writers (copy fixers). 3. Give the checklist for editors. 4. Explain what headlines are. 5. Give some pointers and rules in writing headlines. 6. Teach the mechanics of headline writing. 7. Give some interactive exercises on the use of copyreading signs
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Long ago small towns across America were filled with modest video rental stores ran by moms and pops; that was until a giant by the name of Blockbuster Video came along. Once Blockbuster showed up in a town these stores had no chance of survival and ended up closing their doors shortly after‚ there was truly no one that could stop Blockbuster from beating the pulp out of the little guys. At its peak Blockbuster was operating nearly 10‚000 profitable stores around the nation and had a market value
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A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959. Critics have consistently mentioned the honesty presented throughout the play. The actors in all the remakes of this play have all had been claimed to be “vivid” “eloquent” and “heroic”. The set was accurate to what they know about the real life situation Hansberry lived in. In reviewing its Broadway debut‚ critic Brooks Atkinson praised the way A Raisin in the Sun was played out and who played it. Claiming‚ “ A Raisin in the Sun has vigor as well
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traumatic memory of the Biafran war in the Novel Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. All of the characters in the novel deal with the war in different ways. “’You’re burning memory‚’ he told her. ‘I am not.’ She would not place her memory on things that strangers could barge in and take away. ‘My memory is inside me.’” (Adichie‚ 2014: 432) This quote occurred at the end of the novel Half of a Yellow Sun in the very last pages. This is a great way to end off the novel because
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helping impoverished factory workers and ending the privileges of the rich”.1 Sun Yat-Sen was a pioneer for reconstructing China as a country and was devoted to changing China as a nation after the Qing era. Sun created the three people principle‚ which focused on changing China’s society as a whole and concentrated on nationalism as a country‚ democracy by the citizens and their welfare and livelihood of living in China. Sun knew that China was under achieving and used the failure of previous governing
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Priscilla Byrne ENG-4U1 8 February 2013 Everywhere the Sun Shines “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu The sun stream in through the celling high windows of the art room‚ the natural light brightens the space and warms our skin. The pre-summer glow fills me with contentment as I listen to the art teacher explain our next project. “ Art history!” she says‚ enthusiasm filling her voice. “Is a way of expressing events from the past and bringing them to the
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Republicanism—new core ideology Uncompromising commitment to liberty and equality – A government without monarchy or aristocracy – political authority vested in the people Post-Revolutionary divisions Balancing individual liberty with social order Balancing property rights with equality Changes in laws of inheritance – end of primogeniture Property qualifications for voting reduced Capitols moved to enable better representation for frontier settlers Separation of church and state Continued uneven
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Robinson and Larry Doby were accepted into major league baseball. Also on page 36 and 37‚ Walter explains how that was also the time when a few people unexpectedly entered his life. Such as his biological father‚ George Myers‚ and his Uncle Lee who got released from prison. One bad thing that Walter did was on page 39‚ when he and his friends wanted to beat up a kid named Richard Aisles after he was seen hurting his eyes from the sun. Then‚ after reading a newspaper article about a black man being
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conflicts in the community. At the age of thirty one‚ Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie already has a following that writers twice her age would envy. Her first novel‚ Purple Hibiscus‚ debut to critical acclaim. Her second novel‚ Half of a Yellow Sun‚ quickly established her as one of the leading voices of her generation. She is a renowned author whose work has touched people all over the world‚ including the great Chinua Achebe. His comment on Adichie’s brilliant ways of conveying African‚ particularly
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In England‚ the Puritans had been people of resources and political power‚ but King Charles did not accept their attempts to reform and restructured the Church of England (Anglican Church) to be more Protestant. In not following with their request to make the changes‚ they began to protest against the Church of England and its leaders‚ the English monarch and the parliament as well. When William Laud was chosen by Charles the first as Archbishop of Canterbury‚ who is pro-catholic and anti-puritan
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