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KKHSOU  PG S1-02 (AEC) ENGLISH FOR MEDIA STUDIES

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University

PG S1-02 (AEC) Sample Paper/Guess Paper/Notes

CONTENTS
UNIT – 1: INTERVIEWING AND NOTE TAKING
Definition of Interview, preparing for interview, conducting the interview, text of interview, language for audio-visual interview, note takingUNIT -2 : EDITORIAL WRITING
Defining Editorial, Introduction to the editorial page, writing the editorial, rules for Editorial writing, writing the Feature, Writing the Article, writing the middle, Letters to the Editor
UNIT -3 : ART OF COLUMN WRITING
Types of columns, distinguishing characteristics of an op-ed, steps to be followed while writing a column
UNIT- 4: ELEMENTS OF GOOD WRITING
Characteristics- precision, clarity in writing, use of simple sentences, grammar and punctuation, avoiding clichés, pacing, use of transitions
UNIT-5 : PREPARING COPY
Copy editing- use of quotes, paraphrases, attribution, writing the lead, grammatical mistakes- confusion in the use of ‘who’ and ‘whom’, possessive pronouns, use of active voice, copy reading symbols
UNIT – 6: MASTERING THE LANGUAGE OF EDITING
Importance on vocabulary, sentence construction, participles, pronouns, verbs, nouns, foreign words, prepositions, paragraphs, selection of right words
UNIT -7 : REVIEW WRITING
Book review- fiction, adverse criticism, non-fiction, the collection, poetry, drama, Steps to be followed while doing a book review, drama review, Film review
UNIT -8 : COMPOSITION
Column writing, science write-up, review writing
UNIT -9 : HEADLINE WRITING
Meaning of headline, Types of headline, Functions of a headline, Factors to be kept in mind while writing headlines, Headline writing skills- use of verbs, use of Articles and Voices, Use of Decks, The Five Ws, use of Short Synonyms, Abbreviations, Punctuation, Line Balance, Guidelines for Headline Writing
UNIT -10 : WRITING FOR ADVERTISING COPY
Introduction, Key concepts in Advertising, Copywriting, Radio copy, Television copy
UNIT-11 : WRITING AND REWRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS
Preparing news releases- Announcement releases, Backgrounders, Position Papers, Tip Sheets, Rewriting News Releases, Writing newsletter stories
UNIT -12 : GRAMMAR AND USAGE
Sequence of Tenses, Voice, Narration, Punctuation, Vocabulary
UNIT -13 : COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Errors of Concord, Errors of Construction, Errors of Order, Errors of Prepositions, Errors of Conjunctions
UNIT -14 : REPORTING PUBLIC SPEECH
Reporting public speeches- background information, covering the speech, using a prepared text, writing the speech story for print
UNIT – 15 : STYLE AND THE STYLEBOOK
Need of a stylebook, -consistency, preference and tradition, Guidelines of different stylebooks, Mechanical rules