Journalistic Writing

• Opinion - refers to personal views or beliefs which may not necessarily be based on realities.
• Simplicity - refers to the use of plain and straightforward language to make the text easy to understand by the readers.
• Fact -When a piece of information is objective or verifiable, this can be proven through evidence.
• Precision - pertains to the way of conveying ideas accurately and clearly.
• Quoting - pertains to the manner of using a person's exact words or statements within a text while acknowledging the source of information.
• Brevity - the information is concisely written, using a few numbers of words.
• Diction - the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning.

  • Figurative Language creates colorful prose
  • A more formal vocabulary with concise and direct language.
• Paraphrasing is the process of rephrasing or restating someone else's ideas or information in your own words while preserving the original meaning.
• Paraphrasing involves changing the sentence structure, word choice, and sometimes the order of ideas, but without altering the underlying message or meaning of the source material.
• Summarizing is the process of condensing a larger text into a shorter version, capturing the main ideas and key points.
• Why Summarizing the Text?

  Comprehension - To reduce information to essential ideas in order to understand and learn important information.
• M.I.D.A.S TOUCH MEANING?

  Main Idea - Use basic signal words.

  Identify - Supporting details.

  Disregard - Unimportant information.

  Analyze - Redundant Information.

  Simplify - And Label information.
• Quoting involves the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks, to support your ideas or arguments.

  Its purpose is to provide evidence, add credibility, or highlight a significant statement.