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17 Jul 2019, 06:53
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rocky03
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Stripping out some of the modifiers, we have, "...while the headlines are often clever, what makes them clever..."
We are explicitly told that the headlines are the things that are clever. So let's look at the two options:
- 1) "...while the headlines are often clever, what makes the headlines -- something JUST described as clever -- clever..."
2) "...while the headlines are often clever, what makes the reporters -- something that has NOT been described as clever -- clever..."
The antecedent has to be the things that are clever, since the sentence goes on to tell us WHY those things are clever (i.e. what MAKES those things clever). Sure, it's possible that the reporters could also be described as clever -- after all, they write clever headlines, right? But the sentence specifically describes the headlines themselves, not the reporters, as clever.
So if the rest of the sentence is going to tell us why something is clever, that something should be the thing that has already been described as clever: the headlines.
I hope that helps!
22 May 2021, 22:59
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Hi experts
I am unable to understand this phrase
"what typically makes them clever is that they allude to little-known information that is familiar to the reporter but that never appears explicitly in the story itself"
why is there a 'but'?
In my understanding, a clever headline, according to the passage, is one that refers to little information (i.e. do not articulate the entire information) about a particular event/news item AND does not explicitly state that information in the story.
Typical headline: "Place X was hit by floods that killed 5 people"
How can I say whether it is a clever headline or not?
I am unable to understand this phrase
"what typically makes them clever is that they allude to little-known information that is familiar to the reporter but that never appears explicitly in the story itself"
why is there a 'but'?
In my understanding, a clever headline, according to the passage, is one that refers to little information (i.e. do not articulate the entire information) about a particular event/news item AND does not explicitly state that information in the story.
Typical headline: "Place X was hit by floods that killed 5 people"
How can I say whether it is a clever headline or not?
18 Jun 2021, 15:42
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parthgohel
This sentence tells us several things about "clever" headlines.
First, these headlines refer to "little-known information." In other words, the headline brings up some obscure fact that not many people know about.
Second, this-little known information is "familiar to the reporter." So, the reporter him/herself knows about this obscure fact.
Third, this little-known information is not mentioned in the story below the headline. This is where the "but" comes in: the reporter him/herself knows the obscure fact, BUT then the reporter doesn't actually bring it up in the story.
Is the example that you've provided clever? There's no way to know for sure, because we don't know how obscure the information is or whether it is discussed in the full story.
Consider this alternate example: there's a certain town with two rival high schools, one of which has a mascot of a hurricane and the other of which has a mascot of a bear. Let's say that this is an obscure fact: not many people know or care about the high school mascots.
Then, let's say that an actual bear cub gets caught outside in an actual hurricane and is stranded on a roof, surrounded by flood waters. A reporter might write an article about this situation, and get the story a "clever" title like "High School Rivalry Plays Out in Real Life." In the full story, the reporter doesn't mention anything about the high school mascots -- he/she just writes about the actual bear on the roof.
For most readers, this title is nonsense -- they have no clue what the connection is between the story and the high school rivalry, and the reporter doesn't connect those dots in the full story. So, maybe it's a good idea to not let reporters write these "clever" headlines that no one understands.
I hope that helps!
