Anecdote -a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person 

Angle - a particular way of approaching or considering an issue or problem

Attribution - the action of ascribing a work or remark to a particular author, artist, or person

Audience - the readership of a book, magazine, or newspaper

Byline - the line of a news story/newspaper naming the writer of the story

Connotation - an idea or feeling that a word invokes

Denotation - the literary or primary meaning of a word

Documentation - the process of classifying and annotating texts, photographs, etc.

Figurative language - words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true ex. metaphor, hyperbole, etc. 

Genre - a category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter

Hard news - journalistic style and genre that focuses on events or incidents that are considered to be timely and consequential to people locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally

Hed/Headline - a heading at the top of an article or newspaper that is in sentence case, but does not end in a period

Hook - a sentence in a news article designed to grab the reader’s attention

Hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Imagery - visually descriptive or figurative language

Inverted Pyramid - information in a news article goes from most important to least important 

Lede - the first sentence of an article that hooks the reader

Libel - a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation

Metaphor - a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

Newsworthiness - noteworthy as news; topical

Parallel structure - involves two or more words, phrases, or clauses that are similar in length or grammatical form ex. easy come, easy go

Paraphrase - express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity

Parenthetical citation - gives credit to the author in parentheses

Personification - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Primary source - a document, first hand account, or other source that constitutes direct evidence of an object of study 

Purpose - the reason for which something is done or created for which something exists

Research database - a website or a collection of digital objects that contains professional resources or documents that are collected or produced during the process of research 

Rhetorical context - historical context and cultural context that led to the piece of writing

Scholarly journal - a periodical publication that publishes original research and reviews related to a specific field or discipline 

Secondary source - a book, article, or other source that provides information about an object of study but does not constitute direct, first-hand evidence

Signal phrase - attributes a quote or idea to an outside source by stating the author’s name and job

Simile - a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Soft news - a journalistic style and genre that blurs the line between information and entertainment

Thesis statement - a statement that usually falls at the end of the first paragraph and summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc.

Transition - the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another 

Works cited - a reference list at the end of a research paper that includes every source used in the paper

Feature article - a narrative that uses creativity and subjectivity to connect with readers