Movie Review Exploration

More than 24 hours has passed since I watched the new Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill and I am still dead inside.

• Jack and Jill: What An Awful Drag
• Mary Pols
• 5%
• High Point: Al Pacino 
• Low Point: Plot, character development, cringe worthy jokes.
•  Al Pacino in a Dunkin’ Donuts ad. Can you imagine anything worse? I can.

List Article

Listicles

1. They're short
2. They have pictures
3. They grab your attention with curiosity about headline
4. They're fun
5. Countdown clicking keeps people interested.

Notes For Quotes

Rules For Using Quotes

• If a source expresses opinion, use a quotation.
• A major or complex story needs more than one quoted source
• Too many quotes can be a problem
• Information that contains facts should normally be used as unquoted material
• Use a variety of quotes

Attribution

• Make sure the speaker of all the quotations is properly identified
• Use "said" as the verb to attribute the quote
• Don't use "replied", "thinks", "joked", or"believes"

Direct Quotes

• The exact, word for word account of what a source said, enclosed in a quotation marks and attributed to source
• On second reference you can cite the person by just their last name

Indirect Quotes

• A summary of what the speaker said reworded by the reporter. 
• It does not use quotation marks but is attributed to the source

Partial Quotes

• A combination of a direct quotation and a paraphrase, attributed to the source.

Fragmentary Quote

• A single word or short phrase used by a source that is included in a paraphrase, enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to the source

When To Use Different Quotes

• Use direct quotations to express a speaker's unique point of view, personality or manner of speaking.
• Use indirect quotes when you need to rephrase what the speaker said to make it more clear to the reader
• Use partial quotes to make colorful or memorable words stand out. But overuse can make writing seem too jumpy and cute.

Types of Questions

• Close-Ended Question: A question that allows the interviewee to answer with a yes-no or one-word answer.
• Open-Ended Question: A question that forces the interviewee to answer with more than a yes-no or one-word answer.
• Follow-up Question: A question that originates from listening to something the interviewee says.

Using Quotes from Interview Notes

 "I didn't want to do this. I just see our country as going to hell." -Donald Trump

1. Greg Glassman
2. The man behind CrossFit
3. "You can get sweaty and come home tired... but many people are much closer to doing nothing than they perhaps realize"
4. "Do you think people think they're getting a workout and aren't getting a workout?"
5. I learned about CrossFit and why it's now the largest fitness empire around the world.

Direct Quote: "Look at her, she was meant to look like that. That's what nature would've carved from her a million years ago, or she would've been eaten.
Indirect Quote: CrossFit he says, is creating a new super-breed.
Partial Quote: He said he started with no business plan but now he is a guest speaker at Harvard "If you like money, you like metrics, we're the fastest growing exercise chain on earth"
Fragmentary Quote: "I can deliver you to your genetic potential"

Leads from the Statesman.

I believe the given paragraph is about how John Boehner, a high ranking member of the republican party, was pressured out of his position as House Speaker by his own party who originally chose him for the job. I would read the rest of the story from the headline because it hooked my attention and I am interested in politics and what is going on in our government.

Three Little Pigs News Story

Local pig, Pork Hammy, is left as the lone survivor of a vicious wolf attack in Baconville on Tuesday. 

During a housewarming party early on Tuesday afternoon, "The wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house away." Hammy said. Scaffolding and debris led to the eventual death of two of the three pigs along with the alleged murderer, the wolf.

Hammy is a local carpenter and will have to put his skills to use if he hopes to have a house in the near future.

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