headline writing

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•Headlines transform the design of your book

•Well-written headlines provide a verbal link to your dominant photos

THINGS TO THINGS TO REMEMBERREMEMBER

Story - Highlight key words and phrases in your story

WHAT YOU NEEDWHAT YOU NEED

Dominant photo

Identify key actions and elements in dominant photo

• Festive• Santa Claus attire• Flutes• Entertain, play• Musicians• Gloves

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SAY MORESAY MOREA secondary headline enhances the primary headline by providing additional information that relates specifically to the story.

• Write a sentence that identifies and highlights key information

Symphonic and Concert Bands’ Performance is Scheduled for an Earlier Date

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• Edit as necessary• Eliminate articles,

to be verbs and punctuation

• Make sure to use present tense

Symphonic and Concert Bands’ Performance is Scheduled for an Earlier Date

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• Convey the same message with fewer words

Symphonic, Concert Bands Play Early Holiday Performance

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• Informational• Alliteration• Rhyme• Allusion

HEADLINE TYPESHEADLINE TYPES

Informational- a news headline that contains basic highlights of the story

• Bands Play Early Holiday Performance• Holiday Concert Features Santa & Snow

HEADLINE TYPES HEADLINE TYPES — INFORMATIONAL— INFORMATIONAL

• Five Festive Flutes Featured• Hats Off to Holiday Happenings• Snow Surprises Spectators• Winter Wonderland Wows Audience

HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — ALLITERATIONALLITERATION

Alliteration- a headline that uses repeated consonants

Rhyme - a headline that uses words that rhyme

• Flutes Toot• Snow Show• Claus Pause• Love the Gloves

HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — RHYMERHYME

Allusion - a headline that establishes a connection with a famous person, character, time, cultural event or well-known phrase

• There’s No Business Like Snow Business• ‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas• The Claus that Refreshes• In the Nick of Time

HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — ALLUSIONALLUSION

1) Choose key word that describes story/photos

2) List words that rhyme with key word

3) Think of idioms/phrases for each rhyming word

4) Replace rhyming word with key word

HEADLINE TYPES — HEADLINE TYPES — WRITING ALLUSION WRITING ALLUSION HEADLINESHEADLINES

crowd, alumni, noise

noise – boys, toys, poise

boys will be boys; toys r us

Noise R Us

TOPIC - Homecoming

• Dictionary/Thesaurus• Rhyming Dictionary• Idiom Dictionary

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