All About News Leads

All About News Leads

8th Grade

10 Qs

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All About News Leads

All About News Leads

Assessment

Quiz

Journalism

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Alexis Mei Pineda

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Preparation for a story begins when the reporter starts gathering information.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The central point of a story should always appear in the lead.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The lead is the most important part of a story.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The lead should answer all six of these questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In many stories, the names of the main subjects are not as important as what those people did or what happened to them.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A "blind lead" hides the central point of the story.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Leads should omit many names, particularly those readers are unlikely to recognize or those of people who played minor or routine roles in a story.

True

False

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