headline writing
DESCRIPTION
HEADLINE WRITING. THINGS TO REMEMBER. Headlines transform the design of your book Well-written headlines provide a verbal link to your dominant photos. WHAT YOU NEED. Story - Highlight key words and phrases in your story. Dominant photo. Identify key actions and elements in dominant photo. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HEADLINE HEADLINE WRITINGWRITING
•Headlines transform the design of your book
•Well-written headlines provide a verbal link to your dominant photos
THINGS TO THINGS TO REMEMBERREMEMBER
Story - Highlight key words and phrases in your story
WHAT YOU NEEDWHAT YOU NEED
Dominant photo
Identify key actions and elements in dominant photo
• Festive• Santa Claus attire• Flutes• Entertain, play• Musicians• Gloves
TAKE A TAKE A CLOSER LOOKCLOSER LOOK
SAY MORESAY MOREA secondary headline enhances the primary headline by providing additional information that relates specifically to the story.
• Write a sentence that identifies and highlights key information
Symphonic and Concert Bands’ Performance is Scheduled for an Earlier Date
WRITE NOWWRITE NOW
• Edit as necessary• Eliminate articles,
to be verbs and punctuation
• Make sure to use present tense
Symphonic and Concert Bands’ Performance is Scheduled for an Earlier Date
EDIT NOWEDIT NOW
• Convey the same message with fewer words
Symphonic, Concert Bands Play Early Holiday Performance
WRITE TIGHTWRITE TIGHT
• Informational• Alliteration• Rhyme• Allusion
HEADLINE TYPESHEADLINE TYPES
Informational- a news headline that contains basic highlights of the story
• Bands Play Early Holiday Performance• Holiday Concert Features Santa & Snow
HEADLINE TYPES HEADLINE TYPES — INFORMATIONAL— INFORMATIONAL
• Five Festive Flutes Featured• Hats Off to Holiday Happenings• Snow Surprises Spectators• Winter Wonderland Wows Audience
HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — ALLITERATIONALLITERATION
Alliteration- a headline that uses repeated consonants
Rhyme - a headline that uses words that rhyme
• Flutes Toot• Snow Show• Claus Pause• Love the Gloves
HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — RHYMERHYME
Allusion - a headline that establishes a connection with a famous person, character, time, cultural event or well-known phrase
• There’s No Business Like Snow Business• ‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas• The Claus that Refreshes• In the Nick of Time
HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — ALLUSIONALLUSION
1) Choose key word that describes story/photos
2) List words that rhyme with key word
3) Think of idioms/phrases for each rhyming word
4) Replace rhyming word with key word
HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — WRITING ALLUSION WRITING ALLUSION HEADLINESHEADLINES
crowd, alumni, noise
noise – boys, toys, poise
boys will be boys; toys r us
Noise R Us
TOPIC - Homecoming
• Dictionary/Thesaurus• Rhyming Dictionary• Idiom Dictionary
HEADLINE HEADLINE RESOURCES RESOURCES WRITINGWRITING
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