Features of newspaper report

What is a Lead in a News Article?

• Answers the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how
• Is a long introduction to the article
• Has quotations from authority figures
• Contains who wrote the article

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What tense is the news report written in?

• Present tense; the story is happening right now
• Past tense; the story already happened
• Future tense; the story is going to happen
• Wednesday tense; doesn't exist....

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Why are news reports written?

• To inform the world of terrible stories that lead to death and other unfortunate events
• To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally
• To make sure people have jobs
• To give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

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What is a headline?

• The person who wrote the article
• The beginning of the actual article
• The end of the actual article
• The title of the news report

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Who should the quotation be from?

• A random person
• A witness or authority figure
• A child
• The author

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The order of an article is...

• Lead, headline, byline, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, lead, and byline

• Headline, byline, lead, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, byline, and lead

Headline

• Title of the Newspaper 
• Title of the Article 
• Author's Name
• Caption

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Lead

• First sentence that explains the 5W's
• Box that explains where the the article is located in the newspaper
• Author's Name
• Line that explains which page the story continues on

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a word, phrase, or sentence that describes a picture

• coupon
• caption

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What should a newspaper title be?

• Snappy

• Include alliteration

• Long and detailed

• A photo