Writing cutlines - exercise 2
Instructors: The purpose of this exercise is to provide students with practice in writing cutlines. If necessary, have the students read the article on writing cutlines here on JPROF.
Students: Take a look at the pictures below and the information to the right of the picture. Use that information to write a cutline for the picture.
If necessary, review the article on writing cutlines here on JPROF.
Once you start, do not refresh your page while you are working or you may lose your work.
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Small group of dissident union workers; about 15; they defied union leaders yesterday; picketed Aces Mining Company in south Ticonderoga County; Union leaders say these are not authorized picketers.
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Lincoln Park Road overpass over I-75; driver, Joseph Coda, Cuba, Missouri; driver killed; police don’t know why truck overturned; they’re investigating; impact separated cab from the trailer; accident blocked traffic on interstate roadway going south for more than four hours; truck carrier various automobile parts for nearby auto plan.
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Tornado in western portion of county; struck yesterday about 5:40 PM; no warning from anybody; Carpenter Road subdivision; damaged at least 10 mobile homes there; this one in the picture belongs to Velma Haskiel; completely destroyed it; that’s Velma right there in the picture; she’s going to have to live with her sister until she figures something out.
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Molly the girafe; Flash the zebra; two of the favorites at the local zoo; they’re getting new home; zoo has built a new facility for large mammals; the two and others got to move in yesterday; new facility costs $1.3 million, raised by private donations; Old Town Park zoo.
Follow the directions of your instructor in completing this exercise.
These exercises are adapted from The Complete Editor by James Glen Stovall and Edward Mullins (Allyn and Bacon, 2005).
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