Definitions

-back up quote- a quotation intended to support the lead in a story

-chronological style- having events written in the order in which they occured

-cliche- an overused, trile expression

-copy-editing- the review of manuscript for errors in mechanics, facts, and style

-hammer- a headline style that features one of more lines of a primary headline above one or more lines of a secondary headline

-jargon- the special language of a specific group, such as that applicable to a particular profession

-kicker- Headline style featuring one secondary headline over one or more lines of primary headline

-style-book- a guide setting forth style decisions specific to a publicaiton, followed by all writers

-tieback- Detail or details that relate a news story to a previous development

-transition- words, phrases, or even whole paragraphs that hold a story together and smooth the shift from one topic to another

  Meeting at 3:45 P.M. in the afternoon, the Centerville High School Student council got down to brass tacks at long last and decided this year's Senior Prom will be Friday, May 11.

    Tickets to the event began selling like hotcakes. Students rushed to purchase tickets, florist shops were inundated with corsage orders.

    The location for the prom was not known, but the council promised to hire extra policemen to be on duty in case anyone becomes inebriated. Businessmen also were to be approached and asked to support the prom with donations. 

    Also wanted by the council was a way to utilize student input in ascertaining which school personnel would attend as chaperones. Approximately five teachers are presently needed.

    Future plans made by the council call for the prom queen to receive a bouquet of flowers exactly at the hour of midnight. 

    After a heated argument in the council meeting, members exhibited the milk of human kindness by pronouncing the dispute dead as a door nail. 

    On the level of basic fundamentals, council members set aside a large number of issues to be merged together at the next meeting. Qualified experts will be called in as consultants and past records studied carefully for the purpose of finding important essentials.
    Council members voted unanimously 14-0 to ask a Jewish rabbi to offer the invocation.

    "I'm glad this issue is settled," sighed President Sally Smith.

    "Me, too," stated the vice president, Chang Lee.

    "You can say that again," laughed a new freshman whose appellation was unknown. 

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