Newspaper Headlines and Leads

Newspaper Headlines and Leads

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English, Other

12th Grade - University

Hard

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Patricia Kuper

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A news story is said to possess timeliness if it
stresses events that have occurred in the last month
stresses events that occurred today or yesterday
has been written within the last six hours
has been read or heard within the last six hours

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Journalists recognize two types of news stories: hard and soft. In this regard,
“hard news” is about complicated topics, like science and economics, and “soft news” is about things like entertainment and fashion
“hard news” stories have long, complicated sentences, and “soft news” stories have short, simple sentences
“hard news” is about serious topics and recent events, and “soft news” refers to human interest stories
“hard news” stories are always 2,000 words or more, and “soft news” stories never exceed 500 words. 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In regard to news values, prominence refers to
the extent to which the story will affect a number of people
whether the story has one central, or prominent, character
the location of the story on the newspaper page or in the news broadcast
how well known the people involved in the story are

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The concept of proximity suggests that a news organization is likely to carry a story about a murder, if that crime
involved a well-known person
was committed locally
occurred within the last 24 hours
was unusually gruesome

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The beginning of an article is called a/an
Lead
Hook
Introduction
Anecdote

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one does not refer to lead?
Lede
Subheadline
Kicker
All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A direct news lead is most likely to appear on what type of story?
A feature article
An in-depth sports story
A soft news story
A hard, breaking news story

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