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CEREMONIAL NEWS
News telling about a formal event performed on a special occasion, e.g. official opening of a
building, seminar, congress, commemoration, anniversary, a handover of a position, a
celebration of a special day, or a welcome party for official guest from other countries.
CRIME NEWS
News telling about any violation of law, an omission of a duty or the commission of an act
forbidden by law.
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Headlines are printed in large letters to catch the readers eye and use as few words as
possible. Hence, we sometimes call it phrase headlines. Grammar words like articles (a, an,
the) and auxiliary verbs (is, are, was, were, may, must, can, etc) are often out.
See examples of phrase headlines:
REMEMBER!
Newspaper language is not the same as ordinary English. It prefers short and distinctibe
words. The following are some examples of words commonly used in newspaper.
REMEMBER!
Background events do not alwasy tell events in chronological order, but sometimes also
explain why the events happen.
Items to be checked
1. Is the format correct? (the title, margins, and spacing)
2. Text organization
a. Has he/she mentioned the newsworthy event?
b. What is the topic?
c. How many background events are there in his/her news?
d. Has he/she included the source?
e. Who is the source?
3. Grammar
a. Has he/she written the headline correctly?
b. Has he/she used action verbs and saying verbs?
c. Has he/she used passive sentences in her/his news?
4. Punctuation
a. Has he/she written the date, month, and year correctly?
b. Has he/she put the correct punctuation for the name and place?
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