HW 2/18/14

Ex. 5.8 pg. 99

• list 5 Ws + H
• write just lead sentence

1. A jet aircraft crashed in the Super Shopping Mall parking lot Monday at noon killing the pilot, an Air Force major, and destroying 15 cars. (25 words, blind/summary lead)
1. Who: Air Force major Rufus N. Hebernowski
2. What: crashed his jet aircraft, destroying 15 cars and killing himself 
3. When: today at noon
4. Where: Super Shopping Mall, western side of town, north parking lot
5. Why: ?
6. How: ?
2. The City Council will increase property taxes by 10 percent amounting to a $50 yearly increase beginning the first of next month. (22 words, straight lead)
1. Who: city council
2. What: increasing property taxes by 10 percent
3. when: first of next month
4. where: in city
5. why: to double the size of city park
6. how: by increasing about $50 yearly
3. The Liberty University vice president has announced a 15 percent pay raise to faculty and staff at the university effective this fall. (straight lead, 22 words)
1. Who: Harold R. Drazsnzak, university vice president
2. What: will give 15 percent pay raise to faculty and staff
3. When: effective in the fall
4. where: at the university
5. why: faculty is long overdue to get a raise
6. how: made possible by the increased revenue from the state
4. An impending boycott of all journalism classes was discussed by 200 students in the Journalism Student Association meeting Thursday at noon. (21 words, summary lead)
1. who: journalism student association
2. what: meeting
3. when: today at noon
4. where:?
5. why: to discuss boycott
6. how: gathered 200 students

*answer who, what, when, where...increase 'what' if sentence is short, add 'why' if important and there is room to add it into lead...remember: most important info goes right up front, use order of sentence to put most important things first (rankings)