It's Wednesday, April 2

Welcome to class, all.

Today's class will be an online variety, and consists of a quiz due by the end of the day today. You can complete the assignment during classtime, at the coffeeshop or at home. That's your choice, but the completed assignment should be sent to me by e-mail by midnight tonight. My e-mail is craigs@uidaho.edu.

Here's the quiz. It's some review, some new stuff. Use your book, blog and class notes.

Quiz No. 5

Type each answer with complete sentences.

Select the correct usage according to AP style:

1. The man’s stock rose by (eight percent / 8 percent / 8% / eight %).

2. He won ($1 million / $1 million dollars) when the clock struck (12 AM / 12 a.m. / noon).

3. The man was hit by a bus (yesterday / Sunday).

4. Which makes the best quote:
a. “Good golly, it’s Halloween,” Akey said. “Makes sense, ’cuz we’re going to be scary good this week.”
b. “We play Louisiana Tech Saturday in the Kibbie Dome,” Akey said.

5. Which quote is used/punctuated correctly:
a. University of Idaho President Tim White said his is excited about the school’s recent mention in U.S. News and World Report, commenting: “I’m super jazzed about the ranking.”
b. “I’m super jazzed about the ranking,” University of Idaho President Tim White said about the school’s recent mention in U.S. News and World Report.

Answer with complete sentences:
6. What is a nut graph and what purpose does it serve?

7. Why do newspapers and news broadcasts use brights?

8. Why would a newspaper use a round-up story? Give an example of a topic/news event that might need a round-up story.

9. What purpose does a sidebar serve?

10. Why should question or quote leads generally be avoided?

For No. 11, 12, and 13, rewrite these sloppy sentences to cut the clutter, eliminate the redundancies, make active

11. It turns out that the insulation in many, but not all, electrical wires is made and produced from a soybean derivative which squirrels find attractive.

12. While driving home, Linda Kasparov had her car’s headlights, speedometer and oil pressure gauge all quit working.

13. In Linda Kasparov’s car, there were actually even live baby squirrels still in there.

That's it. Type answers and email. See you in class on Monday.