denial or refusal signifies.

7. Study the form of the body of the report (see Speech Reports).

8. Write stories which are the result of several interviews on the
same subject; arrange them informally and formally.

EXERCISES FOR THE TWELFTH CHAPTER

1. Collect examples of good court reports.

2. Attend and report actual cases in the local courts (preferably
civil courts).

3. Determine what is the most interesting thing in each.

4. From this, write court reports--reports of the cases which the
students have heard.

5. Experiment with the various beginnings for the same report.

6. Try summarizing a case in one paragraph.

7. Practice getting down testimony verbatim.

8. Practice summarizing testimony in indirect form.

9. Practice writing out the testimony in full in the various ways.

10. Write testimony with action in it for the sake of human
interest.

11. Show how all of these may be combined into one good court
report.

EXERCISES FOR THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER

1. Notice how various newspapers treat social news; study the
reason in each case; collect examples.

2. List the facts of a wedding story; write short and long wedding
stories.

3. Write wedding announcements, beginning in various ways.

4. Write engagement announcements.

5. Write up receptions, banquets, dinners, etc.; report actual
functions.

6. Write announcements for the same functions.

7. Write up some unusual social story as a news story.

8. Practice writing obituaries and simple death stories with
accompanying obituary. Write sketches of the lives of prominent
people.

9. In these exercises use actual events as subjects.

EXERCISES FOR THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER

1. Study sporting stories for their material and method.

2. Report a football game or some other sporting event.

3. Make a running account of a football or baseball game.

4. Write a brief summary of the game to be sent out as a dispatch,
limiting it to 150 words.

5. Write up the same game in 200-300 words; attach a condensed
running account of the same length.

6. Write a long story of the same game, following the outline given
in the text; attach a detailed running account by periods or
innings