Forms of Media Exam Review

Forms of Media

Exam Review

The Media

the ways to communicate

Multiple Choice

Media is the plural form of medium. It means:

• a library

• a stereo system

• a way of communicating

• in the middle

Multiple Choice

The term multimedia refers to:

• more than one form of media

• communicating one message

• one way of communicating a message

• one form of media

Multiple Choice

What is the most common form of media used today?

• television

• billboards

• radio

• newspaper

Multiple Choice

Which answer is not an example of media?

• advertisement

• newspaper

• your diary

• the internet

Multiple Choice

Which is the best medium to deliver a message about a severe weather threat?

• printed advertisement

• news broadcast

• newspaper

• billboard

Multiple Choice

If you want to help viewers visualize a story or situation, which medium should use?

• drawing or photo on a page or screen

• words on a page or screen

• text read aloud

• sound effects or music

Multiple Choice

To paraphrase something means to

• restate an idea using your own words

• none of the above

• deliver a message

• repeat exactly what has been said

Multiple Choice

What are transitional tags?

• action words

• people, places and things

• sensory language

• words that link sentences together

Multiple Choice

Anytime you begin a sentence with a transitional tag, you need to:

• rearrange the words that follow in the sentence

• identify the topic sentence

• indent and start a new paragraph

• place a comma between the tag and the rest of the sentence

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• In other words, the story was exciting enough without showing the looks on everyone's faces.

• In other words the story was exciting enough, without showing the looks on everyone's faces.

• In other words the story, was exciting enough without showing the looks on everyone's faces.

• In other words the story was exciting enough without showing the looks on everyone's faces.