Department of Journalism and Mass Communication- Writing for Media- Art of putting words together Concision Clarity Sentences Emphasis Types of Emphasis Elements of Emphasis Rhythm Sentence Variety Recurrence Breaking Monotony

1. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Affiliated Institution of G.G.S.IP.U, Delhi
BJMC
Writing for Media 24101
Writing for Media
Submitted by- Ms. Astha Singh

2. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Art of putting words together
• Concision: Concision must be taken under
consideration before creating any piece of
writing. To be brief and to the point is what is
required of a writer.
• Clarity: Clarity of content is necessary as it
requires a writer to make correct judgments and
present clear facts. It is essential as it makes
the essence of any writing and would not lead to
ambiguities.

3. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Sentences
• A set of words that is complete in
itself, typically containing a subject
and predicate, conveying a
statement, question, exclamation, or
command, and consisting of a main
clause and sometimes one or more
subordinate clauses.

4. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Emphasis
• Special importance, value, or prominence given to
something.
• Stress given to a word or words when speaking to
indicate particular importance

5. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Types of Emphasis
• Total Emphasis: (That applies to
the Whole Sentence)
• Partial Emphasis: (That Applies
to a word or Group of Words)

6. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Elements of Emphasis
• Coordination
• Subordination
• Repetition
• Contrast
• Parallelism
• Punctuation & Typography

7. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Rhythm
A strong, regular repeated pattern of
movement or sound
The measured flow of words and phrases in
verse or prose as determined by the relation of
long and short or stressed and unstressed
syllables.

8. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Sentence Variety
Bringing variety in sentences provides the
reader with cutting edge over other
writers as it not only brings extra freshness
within the writing but also gives the writer
large domains of writing types. Using
assorted sentence lengths and patterns is
one great example of variety of sentences.

9. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Recurrence
Recurrence and recurrent may
refer to: Recurrence relation,
an equation which defines a
sequence recursively.
Recurrence plot, a statistical
plot that shows a pattern that
re-occurs.

10. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
Breaking Monotony
• Changing sentence
lengths&patterns helps the
writer in the breaking the
monotony. Unnecessary
explanations and opinions will
only lead to a monotonous form
of writing.

11. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75
How to break monotony?
• Using Every Resource
• Knowing the Roots
• Learning Prefixes and Suffixes
• Using Your Dictionary
• Using the Internet
• Quizzes

12. TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75