Elements of Political Communication: General guidelines – Format
Don’t get frustrated with the details of formatting. Write in whatever medium you’re comfortable using, but submit it in the appropriate format to whomever is responsible for publication. Use quotation marks to differentiate "buzzwords" sparingly. Avoid italicizing, bolding, underlining, or capitalizing to emphasize words or phrases. Writers can exclude portions of their audience by writing in an unfamiliar or awkward format. Instead, convey the meaning in your content without using awkward formatting. Use a readable typeface and avoid using only colors to differentiate text, especially red for editing marks (7 percent of American males cannot detect the difference between red and green.)[1] Do not use all caps. This is especially true when writing for traditional print media. Editors will ignore most of your formatting marks, and these changes can alter the meaning of your sentence. Rewrite any sentences with this kind of formatting to ensure this doesn't happen.
Review
[edit | edit source]- A: Those supposed "party members" are extremists.
- B: Those supposed party members are extremists.
- C: Those "party members" are extremists.
- D: Those party members are extremists.
- A: The Daily Tribune was wrong about one thing in their article titled "Johnson Gets Life": The truth is that he has been a patriot throughout the campaign.
- B: The Daily Tribune was wrong about one thing in their article titled "Johnson Gets Life": The truth is that he has been a PATRIOT throughout the campaign.
- C: The Daily Tribune was wrong about one thing in their article titled "Johnson Gets Life": The truth is that he has been a patriot throughout the campaign.
- D: The Daily Tribune was wrong about one thing in their article titled "Johnson Gets Life": The truth is that he has been a patriot throughout the campaign.
- A: She did three things. Firstly, she did not vote the way we expected. 2nd, she fought against the people we wanted her to support, and finally, she accepted money from groups we opposed.
- B: She did three things: Firstly, she did not vote the way we expected. Secondly, she fought against the people we wanted her to support. Thirdly, she accepted money from groups we opposed.
- C: She did 3 things: 1st, didn’t vote way we expected. 2nd, fought people we wanted her to support. 3rd, accepted money from groups we opposed.
- D: She did three things: First, she didn't vote the way we expected; second, she fought people we wanted her to support; and third, she accepted money from groups we opposed.
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