The Associated Press Guide to News Writing Chapter 7 Review
Attributing quotes is an
important thing in the news industry. Attributive verbs compliment the tone of
a quote. In chapter 7 of Rene J. Cappon’s The
Associated Press Guide to News Writing, he says the best attributive verbs
are shot, clear, neutral, and unfailingly accurate. This week we will be
looking at chapter 7 of The Associated
Press Guide to News Writing: Pitfalls: Attributive Verbs and Loaded Words.
Words have a time and a
place and attributive verbs are no different. Cappon expresses the importance
of good attributive verbs due to how they affect a quote. Cappon writes that attributive
verbs must be plan and neutral.
Loaded words are also
something Cappon talks about in this chapter. Cappon explains that some words
can carry news writers beyond what they intended to say and import value judgments
into stories where they don’t belong. Certain terms and words can have a double
meaning and can affect how sentence is portrayed. The readers of these sentences
may interpret them differently therefore Capon insists on avoiding the use of
loaded words.
Overall this chapter was
short and straight to the point. Cappon explains what the chapter is about and
what the learning writer should take away from the chapter. The purpose of the
chapter serves it function of explaining that attributive words should be plain
and neutral and that loaded words need to be avoided. This chapter is another
excellent addition to Cappon’s guidebook.
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