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In todays class we learned about different leads so now I'm going to practice how to write some. This is going to help me write an interesting article for my magazine.
Title of lead:
Direct quote
Definition:
Direct quote leads are when the words of someone else are used anywhere in the text. But they must be put in quotation marks as the reader doesn't know who said these words. Additionally, not adding these symbols can be seen as plagiarism. These quotes should be followed with the name of who said it to clarify to the reader why this quote is important to be added. Phrases like “He said” or “She stated” are commonly used to do this.
The Factsheet Paragraph:
The police in this municipality received a call at 3:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A woman shouted at the sergeant who answered the telephone. She said: "My son's been beaten. His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him. Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested." Two police officers were sent to the home. They questioned the boy, who is 9 years old. At his mother's insistence, the police officers also inspected the boy's reported injuries. They reported: "We couldn't tell that the boy had been paddled. His fanny didn't look red to us, but we did notice that his pants legs were wet and muddy. As we talked, it became obvious that the boy was lying. He finally admitted that he had stopped to play on the way home from school, forgot the time and got home late. He told his mother that the teacher had spanked him and kept him after school. His mother was there with us and heard the whole story. She said she'd take off the situation, and we're quite certain that she will, as she was very embarrassed. In fact, we could hear her giving the kid a real paddling as we left—and a hard one."
Created lead:
“My son’s been beaten.”
Shouts a concerned Mother on the phone. A police officer on the other side listens to the mother as she is sharing her frustration on the matter.
“His teacher whipped him this afternoon, and he's all red where she paddled him.” The Mother says as she is getting more angry and frustrated. She continues, “Can teachers do that? That's assault and battery, and I want her arrested.”
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