Saturday, August 31, 2013

Writing for the Mass Media: 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11

3.9
1. Estalene Smoots dopped her French class the first day of school.
2. Sadie Hoots won $3.2 million on "Wheel of Fortune."
3. Frusterated that their professor required them to eat fried rutabagas, the students walked out of class at 9 a.m Monday.
4. The office manager had 21 plants, 62 cats and two puppies.
5. President Aubrey Lucas is originally from Compton, Calif. 
6. On Oct. 25, Ruth Ann Bobetski will turn 41 years-old.
7. Goober Hicks lives at 10 West Hardy St. He used to live in a run -down shack at 2903 Williamsburg Road. 
8. Abby gave birth to a 9-pound baby boy.
9. The president invited me to dinner at the White House, but I could not fit it into my schedule.
10. Sen. Davies said his earnings had increases 10 percent in the 1980s.
11. Barney the dinosaur will be executed Tuesday, Nov. 2. 
12. Twenty- five vagabonds attacked me from behind in front of the Hub.
13 Snarkle found a 10-inch bug craling in her spaghetti. "Great! Now I won't need seconds.", she exclaimed.
14. All the men at the ROTC chapter wore red, white and blue pantyhose to class in Jan. 1991. 
15. The Bay City baseball team lost its final game,2-1, and climbed dejectedly back onto their bus.

3.10
1. Miles per hour- mph 
2. Difference between civil and criminal cases- civil case is a case in which an individual seeks reformation from another person or from a government agency. A criminal case is the government charges against an individual for committing a crime.
3. The eyewitness found himself in an eye-to-eye confrontation.
4. GMT- Reference to a time zone and needs to be acconpanied by clock time in second reference
5. Grand jury should never be capitalize.
6.  Scene 2 because it is a title.
7. Q-tips 
8. Capitol
9. Working class needs a hyphen if it is being used as an adjective. The working class; Working-class citizen. typical rule for hyphens!
10. Church of Christ, Scientist; Christian Science Church. both are acceptable (the ones in the book)

3.11
1. The United States comprises 50 states.
2. In the year of the Lord: 33; In the year of the Lord, 33,.... In the year of the Lord 33
3. Czar- Correct title for Russian leaders
4. Correct abbreviation for the Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II-   QEII
5. The following is incorrect- court-martials
6. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
7. Navy ROTC can be used as a second reference after the name has been fully spelled out the first time.
8. The following is not an appropriate term to use for a religious group: liberal.
9. Flowing water: Pour
10. Headquaters for Delta Airlines: Atlanta, Ga. 

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