Assignment for Monday, September 22

Assignment for Monday, September 22
All due at beginning of class period next week

a. Choosing a news article of your choice, use the Fog Index procedure on page 51 of your text to analyze its grade level. Bring the article and your analysis to class to discuss.

b. Write a one-page article suitable for publication in the campus newspaper. Choose any of the topics we discussed September 15 or one of your own choosing. Use proper news and AP style.

c. Instructions: Using your Associated Press Stylebook, please correct all the style errors in the sentences below. Some sentences have only one style error; others have several. Print your answers for submission in class.

1. Doctor Bob White examined gov. Bill Paid and told him that he should prepare lieutenant governor I.M. Ready to take over the reins of the state.

2. Joe Java Junior joined the American Automobile Association, just like his father, Joe Java Senior.

3. The reporter said he would meet with the source at the American Broadcasting Company on November 12.

4. Early this a.m., he asked for the No. of your room.

5. The Pres. Of the U.S. lives in the white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

6. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official said the U.S. could launch ABM missiles at a moment’s notice.

7. Dr. Andrew Jones, Ph.D in psychology, is a pro-life advocate.

8. The fire department was dispatched to Nine Morningside Boulevard to fight a blaze set by accused arsonist Vern Embers.

9. The Chief of Staff in the President’s Administration admitted he was a homosexual.

10. The six-year-old girl was given aide by her brother, who is nine.