Newspaper Reading and Writing

When you are in a big hurry and want to know the news, what do you read?

• articles

• headlines

• lead paragraphs

Where can you find the most important information in a news article?

• in the headline

• in the introduction

• in the lead paragraph

• in the conclusion

What does a lead paragraph include?

• who, what, where, and when

• the name of the writer

• the byline

What is a byline

• the name of the place an event occurred

• the name of the writer

• the name of the sources

Where do you find a caption

• in the byline

• in the article

• under a photo

What is a headline?

• the name of the newspaper

• the title of an article

• the name of the writer

What does a headline do?

• It introduces the article

• It sums up the article

• It gets readers' attention

Besides who, what, where and when, what other information is included in an article? Choose two

• why?

• which?

• how?

Which information appears in the lead paragraph of a news article?

• the least important

• somewhat important

• the most important

In what verb tense is a headline written?

• present

• past

• future