Leading Lines

The leading line in this picture allows the audience's eyes to go towards the end of the building. The railings along the the sides contributes to the effect. 

This road and the line markers creates a leading line because it leads the viewer's eyes towards the moon in the back. Also, the dark and gloomy colors in the picture allows the moon to pop out. 

Punctuation for the seasons:

Lowercase "spring," "summer," "fall," "winter" and derivatives such as "wintertime" unless part of a formal name, for example "I traveled to the Winter Olympics."

~ Elaine Shen
Editor

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Leading Line

Photograph by Kevin Harber
The leading line of this photograph leads the viewers eye from the front of the image to the vanishing point. In addition, the symmetry and repetition of the left and right side are created by the division from the leading line.

The leading line of this photograph adds to the image by leading the viewers eye to the subject of the photograph. The line of the stone also divides the space in the photograph very well.

Kirkland Schuessler,
Photographer

complementary vs complimentary

Complementary means interdependent
             "The husband and wife have complementary careers"
Complimentary means free
             "They received complimentary tickets"

Victoria Petty AP Style Guide-- Numbers

NUMBERS

1. Numbers one through nine are written out and numbers 10 and up are numerals. 

~Example: I have one friend named Tim and 13 friends named Clive. 

2. Spell out grade levels. 

~Example: I am in the ninth grade. 

3. Use a hyphen for scores. 

~Example: The Hawks beat the Cardinals 25-20

4. Spell out fractions 

5. Use noon and midnight rather than 12:00 pm or am. 

6. When using a date span, use a hyphen. 

Action Shots

This photo is fromt he Houston Chronicle online : "McClainL: Texans' special-teams play anything but special teams" Author: John McClain.
This photo is really good because 1. Its not blurry 2. you can see the ball 3. The player is in the air and the photo is focused on him.
Photog: Nick de la Torre

from USA today Online : "Vikings v. Cardinals"

I like this photo because you can see the ball and the pictue is not blurry. The focus is on the players, this is a really hard shot to get because the one player is in the air and its right before he hits the ball out of his hand and the timing of the photog is amazing. Photog: Brace Hemmelgarn

When do you mention race?

Identification by race is pertinent in biographical and announcement stories, provides the reader with a substantial insight into conflicting emotions known or likely to be involved in a demonstration or similar event, or if it adds to the conflict.

States and Cities

When the name of a state stands alone in a sentence, spell it out. When the name of a city and state are used together, the name of the state should be abbreviated (except for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah). States should also be abbreviated when used as part of a short-form political affiliation. Examples: He came from Lafayette, Ind. The peace accord was signed in Dayton, Ohio. The wildfire began in California and moved east toward Carson City, Nev.

State abbreviations in AP style differ from the two-letter ZIP code abbreviations. Here is how each state is abbreviated in AP style:

State Abbreviations
Ala.	Neb.
Ariz.	Nev.
Ark.	N.H.
Calif.	N.J.
Colo.	N.M.
Conn.	N.Y.
Del.	N.C.
Fla.	N.D.
Ga.	Okla.
Ill.	Ore.
Ind.	Pa.
Kan.	R.I.
Ky.	S.C.
La.	S.D.
Md.	Tenn.
Mass.	Vt.
Mich.	Va.
Minn.	Wash.
Miss.	W.Va.
Mo.	Wis.
Mont.	Wyo.

AP style does not require the name of a state to accompany the names of the following 30 cities:

Cities Not Requiring State Names
Atlanta	Phoenix
Baltimore	Pittsburgh
Boston	St. Louis
Chicago	Salt Lake City
Cincinnati	San Antonio
Cleveland	San Diego
Dallas	San Francisco
Denver	Seattle
Detroit	Washington
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia

Source: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/02/

Michelle Huang
Editor, Three Penny Press

Leading Lines

 Leading lines are created in the image from the road and the center stripes. The curve of the road makes the image more interesting and leads your eyes to the end of the road. Curving lines are more interesting than straight lines.

The dock creates a line leading your eyes back to the line of trees in the background. I think this is a very interesting image, especially because of the sky, the trees, and the water.

Do you capitalize freshman, sophomore, junior, senior?

You do not capitalize freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior unless it is the first word of a sentence.

Ex: The other two post players returning for the Hokies are rising redshirt-junior Cadarian Raines and rising sophomore Joey van Zegeren. "I'm getting stronger, ...

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Daniela Carlock, writer