Creative Editing
Chapter 9
Exercises 8-9
8. Show correct capitalization for downstyle headlines:
a.
President Signs Trade Treaty With Japan
b.
Educators Consider Ways to Combat Illiteracy
9. Refer to the headline-writing rules discussed in this chapter. Then, without considering the count, explain why each of the following headlines is poor:
a.
School board plans to
study admission policy
b.
Fair manager tells plans for fair
c.
Beat grandmother, three children
d.
Kidnap victim trys to identify captors
e.
Ashdown, Smith spar in
second campaign debate
f.
Inmate escaped from prison farm
g.
Council passes sales
tax despite protest
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