ENGLISH Q1 REVIEWER

is the report of a current event, something that was not known, information of recent events and happenings.

News

is anything printable

News

What is news _____ is often not news ______

Today & Tomorrow

Oxford Dictionary defines it as

"New information, the report of latest incident".

comprises all current activities which are of general human interest

News

and the best ____ is that which interests most of the reader

News

is, anything out of the ordinary, it is the current happenings

News

There are 7 elements that affect news and the relevance it will

have to its audience.

1. TIMELINESS

2. IMPACT

3. PROMINENCE

4. PROXIMITY

5. NOVELTY

6. CONFLICT/CONTROVERSY

7. EMOTIONS/HUMAN INTEREST

____matters for news stories.

Immediacy-things that are about to happen or things that

have just happened.

Timing/Timeliness

is what is happening NOW. If it happened last month or last year, it's not ____ anymore; it's history.

News

Often, the most newsworthy element in the story is _______, the latest occurrence that relates to the news event.

Most recent happening

An event that will affect a large number of people.

Could be local ____, national _____, global ______.

Impact

When President Trump halted immigration back in the spring, thousands of Americans were affected.

National Impact

When our school's power went out and all of our students and teachers were forced to stand outside for several hours on the last day of school.

Local impact

Story about someone important or well known.

Prominence

Principal. Student body president. Mayor

Local

President. Famous artists/actors. Public officials.

National

The story's location is important/close to the reader.

• If a tornado hits in Kansas, it probably won't be as hard hitting for us if it hit in St. Louis.

• Can also apply to national news. Something that is happening across America/world and is relevant to the readers.

Proximity

The thing that happened in the story is rare or strange.

• If a dog bites a man, it's not that newsworthy. If a man bites a dog, well that's news.

Novelty

people with weird talents/ stories.

Feature stories

Important issues are debates/ at odds.

• We see this a lot with politics.

Could be a conflict between the school and a teacher/administration/student/ etc.

Protests/conflicts within the community.

Conflict/Controversy

Stories that pull at the heartstrings. Interesting and motivating.

⚫ Inspire, laughter tears.

• Connect readers to each other and with their community.

Emotions/Human interest

The more of the 7 elements in a story, the more ______ the story is.

Powerful

The amount of extent to which something happens or is present. (noun)

Degree (Noun)

A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else. (Noun)

Paraphrase (Noun)

An ordered series of events or steps. it's a way of accomplishing a task or producing a result. (Noun)

Process (Noun)

It is a way to manage complex task and achieve goals effectively and breaking them down into smaller and more manageable steps

Process (Noun)

It is used to generate new ideas or solutions to a problem. it involves gathering a group of people to produce ideas & strategies.

Brainstorming (Noun)

To come up with many ideas as possible and to find new solutions, it is a creative way to solve problems and it requires teamwork and collaboration.

Brainstorming (Noun)

Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something. (Verb)

Collaborate (Verb)

Causing weariness or restlessness through lack of interest. Adjective

Boring

Each ______ of English is spoken in a particular area or by a particular group of people.

Dialect (Noun)

are differences in words & grammar that reveal which country or part of the country a person comes from.

Dialect (Noun)

might use different grammar and sentence construction than standard English.

Dialect (Noun)

Definition to give approval to. to give new assurance of the validity of: remove doubt about by authoritative act or indisputable fact. Verb

Confirm (Verb)

Suggests a more settled determination.

the reason for which something exists. (Noun)

Purpose (Noun)

means to continue or blend different parts or two elements into a unified whole. (Verb)

Integrate (Verb)

Arousing interest or engaging one's thought/Consideration. -Providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner.

Attractive (Adjective)

to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, or defeat.

(of a person or way) continue or proceed along (a path a route)

Pursue (Verb)

Is one class of a speech sound which is produced when the breath channel is not blocked and is not constricted enough to cause audible, friction, and articulators.

Vowel

The shaping of the vowel sound is based on the position of the tongue, the height of the lower jaw, the muscle tone, and the shape of the lips.

Vowel

These punctuation marks are frequently confused with one another because they all can indicate a pause in a sentence.

COMMA, COLON, AND SEMICOLON

They are also collectively called secondary boundary marks.

Comma, colon, semicolon

seperate ideas or elements within a sentence. informal

Comma (,)

Formal. used to introduce a series, an explanation, etc.

Colon (:)

Used to link related independent clauses, and it indicates a closer connection between the clauses than a period does.

Semicolon (;)

First word, used on proper nouns,

Titles writen before the names of people, Direct quote,

Į Major Words in books, movies, songs, & written works.

• nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and Adjectives.

Capitalization

Is one or two words uttered or written as an expression of emotion or feeling of a writer or speaker. It is often followed by a punctuation mark, or an exclamation point.

Interjection

aah

call for help when someone is scared

ahem

"attention" or "listen"

boo

to scare someone or to voice disapproval

eh

to show that you didn't hear or understand what someone said

eww

shows dislike or disgust

hmm

means you are thinking or hesitating

jeez

could mean you can't believe something or you are exasperated

ooh-la-la

slightly comical way to refer to something as fancy or special

phew

expression of relief

whoa

can show surprise or amazement

oops

An exclamation used when a small mistake is made

Yahoo

expresses joy or happiness

yeah

shows very strong affirmation or approval

yoo-hoo

An audible attempt to get someone's attention