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Directions: Vocabulary Homework

Directions:

Note, this assignment must be typewritten although does not have to be double spaced.

Find words from the assigned readings below—see links (no other sources).

IMPORTANT: After you have completed all of the above and below, upload to

Blackboard under the appropriate Turnitin assignment.

And there is no partial credit. Either you do ALL the words assigned correctly or you receive a zero. FOR EACH WORD YOU FIND, THERE ARE THREE PARTS--Make sure to number each entry comprised of these parts. ALSO, include headers between sections: "Short-Form Journalism" and "Long-Form Journalism." 1. A) Write out the model sentence from the assigned reading, highlighting (underline, bold, ALL CAPS) the vocabulary word. Additionally, include a citation (parenthetical or hyperlink) to source. B) Find the definition (include part of speech as well) of the word in context on Merriam- Webster and include that below the sentence the word appears in. C) Write your own sentence employing the word effectively (and underlining it).

Example:

1. A) "A modern reader could be forgiven for thinking that this dollop of racist hatred was put out by the Ku Klux Klan" (Brockman 11 [PERCENTAGE IF E-BOOK OR URL IF ONLINE SOURCE]). B) n. "a small lump, portion, or amount 'want just a dollop of ketchup'" [Note the quotation marks and parenthetical citations--both are required: the quotation marks let the reader know that the information is copied verbatim from the source; the parenthetical citation, is called an in-text citation because it appears inside your paper and points clearly and directly to the complete citation on your works cited page--the one from the book has a page number, just as yours should have, so the reader can find it should they look in the book, but the one from Merriam-Webster does not because it was from a website that was not paginated; additionally, I am not making you

include the title of the dictionary since it is the only one you are supposed to use.] C) I threw a dollop of French vanilla ice cream on top of a wedge of peach pie: damn, it was good.

NOTE:

• Start now and do several articles a week. That way, when the due date looms, you won’t have to read fifty articles and find fifty words the night before because you won’t be able to do that.

• Also, by starting early, you will be able to read enough articles as many of this news sources only give a certain number of free stories before you must pay, and the idea is not to pay, so begin now to help with that.

• Why these sources? Because they are print journalism, meaning the journalists responsible for the articles studied writing as opposed to broadcast journalism (T.V. journalism), the least informative kind of journalism simply because of its limited scope, although there are many other reasons T.V. news is the lowest form of journalism as well.

• Additionally, while not required, I recommend you read a couple articles from each source. They are all credible, which is one reason I’m introducing you to them (or, at least some of them—I’m guessing most if not all of you have all at least heard of The New York Times). The other reason, is that it will give you the opportunity to experience different styles of writing and journalism, which can help you as a writer as well as aid you in becoming a more critical and informed member of the world.

ASSIGNED READINGS:

• You need to find a total of fifty (50) words by reading fifty (50) unique articles (one word per article):

o twenty-five (25) from the Short-Form Journalism collection of links o and twenty-five (25) from the Long-Form Journalism collection of

links. I. SHORT-FORM JOURNALISM: READ TWENTY-FIVE (25) ARTICLES FROM HERE AND FIND TWENTY (25) WORDS. http://www.nytimes.com/: You will have to sign in (create an account with an E-mail address; for example, use a Google or Facebook account) to access a number of free articles per month. http://www.time.com/time/ You will have to sign in (create an account with an E-mail address; for example, use a Google or Facebook account) to access a number of free articles per month. http://www.reuters.com/

https://www.aljazeera.com/ http://www.si.com/ http://www.rollingstone.com/ https://apnews.com/ https://www.upi.com/ II. LONG-FORM JOURNALISM: READ TWENTY-FIVE (25) ARTICLES FROM HERE AND FIND TWENTY-FIVE (25) WORDS. http://longform.org/: various publications http://www.newyorker.com/ A limited number of articles per month. http://www.theatlantic.com/ A limited number of articles per month. [UPDATED 2/21]