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Numbers

One through nine are generally spelled out, while 10 and above are generally written asnumerals.

Example: He carried five boos for 1! blocs.

Percentages

"ercentages are always expressed as numerals, followed by the word #percent.$

Example: %he price of gas rose & percent.

Ages

'ges are always expressed as numerals.

Example: He is & years old.

Dollar Amounts

(ollar amounts are always expressed as numerals, and the #)$ sign is used.

Example: )&, )1&, )1&0, )1&0,000, )1& million, )1& billion, )1&.& billion

Street Addresses

*umerals are used for numbered addresses. +treet, 'venue and oulevard are abbreviatedwhen used with a numbered address, but otherwise are spelled out. -oute and -oad arenever abbreviated.

Example: He lives at 1! /ain +t. His house is on /ain +treet. Her house in on ! Elm-oad.

Dates

(ates are expressed as numerals. %he months 'ugust through ebruary are abbreviatedwhen used with numbered dates. /arch through 2uly are never abbreviated. /onthswithout dates are not abbreviated. #%h$ is not used.

Example: %he meeting is on Oct. 1&. +he was born on 2uly 1!. 3 love the weather in*ovember.

Job Titles


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2ob titles are generally capitali4ed when they appear before a person5s name, butlowercase after the name.

Example: "resident 6eorge ush. 6eorge ush is the president.

Film, Book & Song Titles

6enerally these are capitali4ed and placed in 7uotation mars. (o not use 7uote marswith reference boos or the names of newspapers or maga4ines.

Example: He rented #+tar 8ars$ on (9(. +he read #8ar and "eace.$

Cincinnati Enquirercopy-editing test

rammar and style! Correct the following sentences. Follow AP style.

1. "resident 6eorge ush said the hinese would try and correct their tradeimbalance.

!. He is not here at the present time, so we will wait for awhile.

. %he ;.+. is comprised of fifty states.

. %he new building to be constructed on Eighth street will include !< floors.

&. 'fter the controversy centering around his last debate, the mayor decided to laylow.

"urrent e#ents$%istory!Briefly identify the following

'lberto 6on4ales

6ordon rown

Ehud Olmert

eyonce

/ar =ucerberg


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en ernane

2ose "adilla

+erge rin

"erve4 /usharraf

'rt lan

arac Obama

9anessa Hudgens

Osama in >aden

+amuel 'lito

/aya 'ngelou

-ichard ranson

2on +tewart

2.?. -owling

Briefly answer the following:

8hat is the current minimum wage@

8hat is the approximate population of the world@

8ho painted the /ona >isa@

8ho painted the +istine hapel@ 'nd where is it@

8hat country oversees Hong ?ong and what country did power transfer from in 1


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8hat isBrown v. Board of Education@

8ho won the !00A *'' college basetball championship@

8hat are the two main sects of 3slam@

*ame three members of the ;.+. +upreme ourt.

*ame three members of "resident ush5s abinet.

*ame at least one of the two maDor political parties in "alestine.

8ho are the leading contenders for each maDor party5s !00B presidential nomination@

8ho won the !00C +uper owl@

8ho is -ihanna@

Editorial 8riting

' %rue ollower

#3t is hard to have leadership when you have a divided followership$.

6loria -esign Oust 6loria 3mpeached 6/' %hese statements have been avid visual

flics in our streets nowadays. %he day our "resident made a public statement andapologi4es to the ilipino people has been a political and social turmoil. 3t did not onlyaffect our economy but it also made us ilipinos barbaric in such a way that Dustice seemsa farFfetched ignorance. "rotests here, political rally there, and social activismeverywhere. 3n effect of this social unrest cause by idealistic militants, the "residenthumbled herself by 7uoting the second letter of +t. "aul to the orinthians for the ilipinopeople, #3 cannot boast about myself except about my weanesses.$ ut for the ordinaryilipinos who seemed pushed by political opportunists and economic saboteurs, thishumbleness seemed not enough.

8hat has come to us@ Have we not learned the lessons from the two previous massFrevolts we have launched@ 're our streets the new place where we can see Dustice@ Orare we Dust blea and hopeless followers in the verge of social downfall@ %he answer tothis to this candid 7uestions lies beneath the essence of a true follower. 8hat is a truefollower@ 8hat maes a good follower@ ollowership according to the pessimist5s pointof view signifies subDection and execution of an order a leader maes. %hesecharacteristics beleaguer an attention that one must fully conceptuali4ed and understand.' proactive follower also demonstrates a great respect and thins a winFwin solution, andat the same time gaining the trust and confidence of his leader. 'n abled follower thins
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and wors within a systemG which in our present social case is our legali4ed "hilippineconstitutionG based on a set of values that a society dictates for our own common good.

%he most important characteristic of a follower is the willingness to tell the truth. ' truththat speas the voice of the maDority. ' truth that coincides with fair Dustice. ' truth that

leads to the uplifting of a unified nation under the guidance of the moral values we have.ut be reminded that the truth hurts. 3t5s a complex word full of power and pain. 3t canshutter ones mind and aura to the extent of one5s downfall and sei4ure. However,followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.ut this does that not include the #extraFconstitutional means$ of forcing down a dulyelected public official to resign against not only to her well but also to the mandate of theilipino maDority.

However, there is one thing that totally confuses my young and arable mind. 3n theprinciples of ideal followership, one must recogni4e the authority a leader possesses. 'recognition that re7uires great respect given to the leader itself. *ow then, can we be both

an upbeat follower at the same time tailoring our actions and beliefs to accord with theleaders5 position@ Or can we be Dust lie the bamboo tree, able to change its side to thestrung of the winds@ 8hatever is your answer, one thing is for sure, leaders need itsfollowersG followers too need their leaders. 3t5s a symbiotic process that is proven andtested since time immemorial.

%he present social and political crisis we ilipinos currently face needs constant attentionboth from our leaders and we as their followers inorder to attain our vision. ' vision tobring moral enrichment for our ailing nation ' vision to achieve an end to politicalbicering that is causing us much harm

8e are not experiencing a leadership crisis but a follower5s predicament. 3ndeed, inorderfor us to step forward, we must be a true follower first


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Nes riting acti#ity!

ouIre on the graveyard shift at the enterville 6a4ette. ou phone the cops to see ifanythingIs going on. >t. 2ane Ortlieb of the enterville "olice (epartment tells you thefollowing:

%here was a shooting tonight at the andango ar J 6rill on 8ilson +treet in the

6rungeville section of the city. %wo men in the bar got into an argument. 8hen the twostarted shoving each other, the bartender threw them out. or several minutes, people inthe bar said they could hear the men still arguing on the street outside. %hen there was thesound of a shot being fired. ' few patrons rushed outside to see what had happened, andone of the men who had been arguing lay on the ground in a pool of blood. HeId beenshot in the forehead. %he victim appeared to be in his mid 0s, and was dressed in anexpensiveFlooing suit and tie. %he shooter was nowhere to be seen. %he shootingoccurred around 10:& p.m.

Ortlieb tells you the man was rushed to +t. /aryIs Hospital but was (O'. +he sayshomicide detectives are on the scene interviewing bar patrons about what happened butso far, no one seems to now much. K%hatIs not surprising,K she adds. K%he andango is anown hangout for drug dealers and users, and people arenIt liely to tal.K Ortlieb saysdetectives donIt yet have a motive for the shooting, but she speculates that the two mighthave been arguing over a drug deal.

2ust as youIre about to hang up, Ortlieb tells you she Dust got the cause of death from thehospital F a .BFcaliber bullet wound to the head. K'nd oh yeah,K Ortlieb adds, Kwe got an


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3( on the victim. HeIs "eter 8icham, press secretary for the mayor. 'ge &.KentervilleIs mayor is named red 8iley.

't(s ))!*+ pm ou(#e got *+ minutes to bang out t%e story .or a midnig%t deadline

Sports!

ouIre a sportswriter for the enterville 6a4ette. ou5re covering a soccer game betweenthe enterville ommunity ollege Eagles and the 3pswich ommunity ollege+partans. %he game is for the state collegiate conference title. 3t taes place at the 3pswichcampus in 8ardleysburg. %he game is deadloced until enterville5s %amba ?amara, a

freshman who played soccer at enterville High +chool, scores the first goal with !1:1Bremaining. 3pswich5s 2ason eardsley scores for the +partans to tie things up with 11:0Bremaining but then with Dust !:! remaining ?amara scores again. inal score: !F1. 3t isthe only loss of the season for the +partans. enterville finishes the regular season 1F!.3t5s the team5s first state soccer title in six years.

'fter the game you interview enterville coach 2ac /aDors. He says the team wasconfident leading up to the game, even though their two regularFseason losses were to the+partans. #%hese guys Dust played with a lot of confidence and a lot of heart the entireseason,$ /aDors says. He says that ?amara, a 1iberian native who came tothe ;.+. three years ago, was the team5s top scorer of the season with !! goals. ut he

adds that #this was a team effort. Everyone contributed this year.$

ou interview ?amara, who speas in heavily accented English. #35m so grateful for thisvictory,$ he says. #%he whole team came together to win. %his is a great day.$ ou alsointerview +partans coach /ie Ellsburg. #3t5s a tough loss for our guys, but they playedgreat all year,$ he says. #%hey have every reason to be proud of this season.$

/rite t%e story in 01 minutes or less


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Title!Editorial *otes on +tructure

"urpose of an editorial:

o "rimary: to persuade 3f you canIt tae a stand, you do not have a good

editorialo

+econdary: to inform andLor to entertain %opic +election riteria

o 8hatIs important@

o 8hatIs current@

o 8hatIs possible@

-esearchF 3mportant +tep

o do not share ignorance

o use primary and secondary sources

+tructure

o Hoo N>ead has to invite readers in

0 words or lessG &0 words or less O? if using anecdote, but split

to ! F paragraphs four possible openings:

anecdoteF short story that maes a point

7uestionF usually rhetorical which tries to involve reader

starting statisticL fact

descriptionF to put the reader in a certain placeLtime

o "osition +tatementL%hesis +tatementL /ain 3dea

one sentence statement on your position

!nd paragraph of story

o oncession

considers what the other sideIs strongest argument is and

acnowledges it example: Kertainly open campus can be dangerous for some

students. However...K maes this point 7uicly, then moves on to your position J details

o +upporting (etails None paragraph per detail, 1F! sentences each

each a short paragraph

put in order of your weaest to strongest argumentsL reasonsL

details


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finish with strongest

using facts, rather than opinion, for these details is much more

effectiveo onclusion

suggest a course of action

remind reader of your opening hoo in some way

*O%E: 6ood editorials usually run !&0F&00 words in length. revity is powerful

eature$

;ntil only a few hundred years ago doctors didnIt operate on people F it was barbers. *oFone had taught them and theyId never got any 7ualifications. %hey Dust did what theyIdlearned when they were learning to be barbers. (octors had promised not to hurt anyone

so they wouldnIt cut people and were not even supposed to watch. ut the doctors didwatch if they were following the rules properly and he sat on a big chair, high up, andread out what the barber was supposed to do. He read this in >atin, which, of course, thebarber didnIt understand. Of course, if you died, it was always the barberIs fault and ifyou got better, the doctor got the praise. 3n any case, the doctor got the most money.

(3">O/' 3* -E'%39E 8-3%3*6 3* E*6>3+H%ermFEnd Examination

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Note : This paper has two Sections A and B. Answer any five !uestions choosing at least

two fro" each section. All !uestions carry e!ual "ar#s.

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1. 8rite short notes on any two of the following : N!00Q!00 words N!x10R!0

Ni Electronic aids in interviewing

Nii ' boo reviewerIs responsibility to his readers

Niii -elevance of photographs in travel writing


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!. 8hile writing about women, what are the guidelines you would follow to mae yourwriting convincing and acceptable@ N00 words N!0

. 8hat are the 7ualities desirable in a booFreviewer @ N00 words N!0

. ' travel writer has to combine many sills. (o you agree @ 6ive reasons for youranswer. N00 words N!0

&. 8hat are the various factors you should eep in mind while giving shape to aninterview article @ N00 words N!0

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C. 8rite a feature on the advantagesLdisadvantages of woring women visFaFvishousewives. N00 words N!0

A. 8rite out two opening paragraphs, one for a promotional article and the other for ageneral informative article for any town that you lie. N!00Q!00 words N!0

B. "repare a 7uestionnaire of fifteen 7uestions you would use to interview the hief/inister of a state. N!0

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/od maga4ine meets ".6. 8odehouse meets the 6oon +how. *ormally, this would rateas are commendation since it promises a heady comic coctail.'ll three entities representlevels of humour ranging fromthe wacy to the outrageous to the sophisticated. 6autamhatia, an architect who also writes boos, has shown aflair for drollery in his earlier

wors, most notably "unDabi aro7ue.

%his time round, he seems to have been a tad too ambitious. %he subtitle, K'n ;nreliableHistory of the !0th enturyK, defines the plot : an attempt to rewrite history as satire.+pie /illigan, a member of the 6oon +how, made a similar attempt and this readssuspiciously similar. rom Hitler and /ussolini to /arilyn /onroe,Sueen 9ictoria,"icasso and the 8right brothersFwithbits of 3ndian history thrown in for local flavour F


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hatia produces the literary e7uivalent of a curateIs egg : goodin parts, pretty awful inothers.

%he main flaw lies in the length. 3t would have wored infinitely better if the boo washalf the si4e, but with a more extended narrative on each subDect in place of the few

paragraphs. 8e have innumerable sections on Hitler and 'merican characters and culturewith not much cohesion. %he result is a stream of comic consciousness that looselycorresponds to the two halves of the !0th century but falls somewhere in between,literary speaing. %his boo starts off with a solid foundation in termsof the plot : awacy loo at maDor events, characters and cultural influences of the century. 3t is theedifice that gets too large, unwieldy, inconsistent and ;nbalanced, muchlie thearchitectural style the author himself labelled "unDabi aro7ue.

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