Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 382 Journalism: Publishing Across Media Review and Assessment Chapter Twelve Chapter Twelve Application Choose a campus issue of concern to you. Use the topic of your choice for exercises 1 through 8. 1. Take a position on the issue you have chosen and write an outline of a staff editorial. Explain the content of the editorial to a response group. 2. Take the same issue and create a rough draft of an op-ed arguing for the same position. Share the draft with a response group. 3. Draft an opening for the op-ed using a strong subject-verb sentence. 4. Write a reductio ad absurdum argument suitable for the staff editorial. 5. Write hyperbole suitable for the op-ed. 6. Use irony or satire suitable for your op-ed. 7. Use repetition (at least three) suitable for your op-ed. 8. Sketch an editorial cartoon on an issue important to you. Use labels as necessary. Share your cartoon with your response group. Ask how you can improve your cartoon. Critical Thinking Critical Thinking 1. Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting a staff editorial with an op-ed. 2. Locate and print or clip two editorials about topics that interest you. Number the paragraphs for convenience as you discuss the work. A. Explain how you know each is a staff editorial. B. How long is each? C. Identify the issue each is discussing. D. What makes the issue timely? E. What pronouns do the editorials use? F. What background do the editorials provide? G. How do they identify and rebut the opposition’s argument? H. What expert facts do they use? I. What transitions do they use? J. What is each editorial’s position? 3. Locate and print or clip two op-ed pieces. Number the paragraphs for convenience as you discuss the work. A. How long is each? B. Identify the issue each is discussing. C. What makes the issue timely? D. What pronouns do the op-eds use? E. What background do the op-eds provide? Where? F. Do the op-eds identify and rebut the opposition’s argument? Where? G. Do the op-eds use facts? Conflicts? Characters? Settings? Quotations or dialogue? Where? H. Do the op-eds use hyperbole, irony, satire or repetition? Where? I. What does each writer hope to accomplish with the op-ed? 4. Create a Venn diagram comparing a column and an op-ed. What is the most significant difference? 5. Create a Venn diagram comparing a journalistic blog and a personal blog. What are the most important differences? Recall 1. How do publications and broadcasts identify their editorial and opinion content so it will not be confused with news content? 2. How do staff editorials differ from op-eds? 3. What is the traditional shape of a staff editorial? 4. In what way is a columnist’s job like that of a beat reporter? 5. How is a columnist’s work similar to the work of a storyteller? 6. What is meant by a columnist’s voice and why is it important? 7. Do columnists create their voice by writing how they speak? Support your answer. 8. Name at least three advantages a journalistic blog has over a printed publication. 9. True or False: Blogs do not require an editor. Support your answer. 10. Why are labels important in editorial cartoons? Assess