Chapter 11

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MENTAL GYMNASTICS

A. Instructions : Copyread the story using the appropriate symbols. Do not forget to write your
two headlines and their technical instructions to the desk technician.

Results of an survey posted alarm to the Population Commission as Region 2 recorded 11.2 per
cent preggy teenage girls ages 1519, the record highest in the entire country even surpassing the
record of the National Capita Region with only 9.5 %.

Popcon 03 OINC - regional director Herita Macarubbo said teenagers are more better susceptible
to consecutive pregnancies if not will be guided & inform bout restponsible paretnhood and
family planing which will later to contribute a rapid, fast, and speedy increase in population and
terminat'n in scarcity & depletion of resourcefulness. Then she smiled.

As the Commission celebs world population day with the theme the international theme
"Adolescent Pregnancy : Give Adolescent Girls and Boys a Voice, " it invited local media too
help address teenage pregnancy and advocating responsible parenting and family planning.

A local theme, " Work for a brighter future. Address thin pregnancy wow! " was also
conceptualize to reiterate again dot teen age pregnancy have negative and not gud results like
paternal death, early marriage, limiting access to

education and employment, poverty, domestic violence, and the treat of HIV/AIDS.

"We have also tyed up with religious organization true a memorandum of agreement (MOA)
with the Church catholic through the catholic Womans lig (CWL) of Tuguegarao City and Iligan

City, Isabela in order too provide counselling on Responsible Priesthood and family Planing after
they have underwent series of training from the commission, Macarubbo said. Macarubbo
clapped while tumbling along the way for the success! Kongratulations!

B. On the space provided, write TRUE if the statement is correct or FALSE if it is incorrect.
Think twice before you write your choice for erasures of all forms are NOT accepted.

1. Journalism refers to any form of occupation involving writing for publication in newspapers
and other periodicals.

2. Journalism may be divided into three areas : written, oral, and visual.
3. News that takes place within the country may be categorized as local, international, and
national.

4. Proximity in news refers to the popularity of a person in terms of wealth, power, and social
status.

5. Names of important people in an issue make up the news.

6. Ideas and opinions of the news writer can be included in writing a foreign news.

7. Quote story is a news which is usually written from a public address, talks, and speechless.

8. A routine story includes enrollment, graduation, research, celebrations, robbery, and school
finances.

9. The lead of a news story can be found in the third and fourth paragraphs.

10. A lead which is introduced by a preposition is generally called clause-grammatical lead.

11. Inanimate objects may be the subject matter for human interest stories.

12. The appeal of feature stories is to particular readers rather than just to anyone.

13. Dialogue should NOT be a part of a human interest or character sketch story.

14. Feature stories do NOT follow any specific form or style.

15. Accuracy is NOT so important in editorials as in news reports.

16. To be effective, an editorial should be like a homily that attacks the emotion.

17. Leaving the reader to form his own conclusion is a good practice for an editorial writer.

18. The first person plural is the most preferred pronoun in writing the editorials.

19. It is possible that the reporter may interview his source even without meeting him personally.

20. A qoutation lead is good for an interview story.

C. The expressions in Column A are wordy. On the blanks provided, write the letter of the
words in Column B, which are shorter and more direct. You can use the choices twice.

Column A Column B

K 1. Due to the fact that a. died

2. A large proportion b. believes

D 3. At the present time c. although

4. Succumbed to injuries d. now

5. At an early date e. hospitalized

6. Is of the option that f. remind

H 7. In the neighborhood g. many

J 8. In the event of h. near

9. Draw the attention of i. soon

10. In spite of the fact j. if

k. because

SYNAPSE STRENGTHENERS

Conduct a profiling of common newspaper and campus paper style (e.g on capitalization,
on abbreviation, on use of titles, etc.) . Present your output in class.