Week 4 Journal and Assignment 10/17
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writingleadsandsecondparagraphsweek4assignment1017.docxWriting Leads and Second Paragraphs
This week, you’ve learned about the Inverted Pyramid and that the first, or lead, paragraph should give the reader the most important information in the story, the second paragraph should give the next most important information, and so on and so forth to the final, and least important, information. We now know that the Inverted Pyramid “requires writers make judgments not only about what should be at the beginning of the story but also about the relative importance of all the information they present in the story” (Stovall 2015).
This assignment requires that you write leads and second paragraphs using information provided for you in the Week Four: Leads and Second Paragraphs Word document.
For the Writing Leads and Second Paragraphs assignment, students must
· Identify critical information.
· Arrange information according to the rules of the Inverted Pyramid.
· Write leads and second paragraphs for three sets of information.
· Utilize AP style in the passage.
Check it! Your assignment must be submitted through Grammarly prior to submission. (Note: Grammarly does not take the place of understanding journalistic writing and AP style. Be sure that you make appropriate editorial decisions after submitting your
