Purpose
-This text is about the various tools that copy editors have available to them for fact checking various things within articles, and checking the reliability of sources and the such. The author of this work wants the reader to know the various tools, indexes and other bits of knowledge the copy editor has available to them. The author wants the reader to know how to successfully know how to referance various sources and assert its reliability, as well as learn how to be knowledgeable of all the various lists, indexes, sites and more the copy editor in the newsroom has available to them. People who need a quick run down of what copy editing is all about would most likely read this text.
Structures and Features
The same structures and features that you would expect to see in any scholarly or acedmic text are present here. Bolded keywords, italic bolded words, bullets, broken up block text are the norm here and it stays the same throuh out. Minimal diagram usage is present, and acedmic tone is used throughout...there is no ulterior meaning to the text here.
Power
Is the text fair? Sure it is. There really is no bias present here, except a minor one possibly towards copy editors, as this is a prominently copy editing and proof reading text book...go figure.
Gaps
There is no real gaps to speak of...the book is all about proof reading and copy editing, plain and simple. People who have no real interest in the topic at hand (that is journalism, and within it, copy editing and proof reading in the newsroom)probobly wouldn't have a reason to crack the binding on this text book;however, for those in need of a crash course in proof reading and copy editing, there is vital information that covers the basics of this scholarly art.
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I'm going to start by pointing out any errors I find, and then I'll follow with what I liked about the piece.
ReplyDeleteTo start, your first paragraph begins with a hyphen mark, but no other paragraphs do. You'll want to remain consistent when using this sort of punctuation. In the first sentence I didn't like the multiple use of the word various and I found the sentence to run on. The third sentence has the same run on trend, and also has the multiple use of the word various. This sentence also seems to repeat the same information mentioned in the previous sentences.
Structure Note - I would only use one space between the subheads and the paragraphs.
In the first sentence of the second paragraph I would avoid using the word "norm," as it is not professional. I would also put a comma after the list of text types. Also, throughout is spelt wrong. Lastly, I would avoid the use of the triple period.
Third paragraph is fine, minus the triple period.
First sentence of the last paragraph has a subject-verb agreement in regards to tense. The sentence reads "There is no real gaps to speak of...," when it should be "There are no real gaps to speak of..." In the second sentence the word "probably" is spelt wrong.
Overall I liked the tone of the piece. Although we aren’t supposed to use a personal tone, I felt that it added colour in this case. I felt that we agreed on most of what you said and besides a few minor errors; it was a relatively good piece.