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

What is a "quotation"?

• Another name for the headline of the article

• Dialogue which has these symbols ' ' surrounding it

• Dialogue that has these symbols " " surrounding it

• The lead of the story

What tense is the news report written in?

• Past tense; the story already happened

• Present tense; the story is happening right now

• Future tense; the story is going to happen

• Wednesday tense; doesn't exist....

Why are news reports written?

• To give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

• To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

• To inform the world of terrible stories that lead to death and other unfortunate events

• To make sure people have jobs

What is a headline?

• The beginning of the actual article

• The end of the actual article

• The person who wrote the article

• The title of the news report

Where are news articles found?

• All around you

• In the newspaper

• In your backpack

• On TV

The main content in the body of a news report is _________.

• a series of events

• a sequence of events in the order they occurred

• the quotation of the witnesses

• the result of the event

In the process of writing news report, which one is the first step?

• Gathering information

• Organize your materials

• Revising and editing

• Writing

After gathering information, what is the next step?

• analyzing the data

• organizing your materials

• script summary of the information

• writing

What is a headline?

• A catchy title to grab readers' attention.

• A sentence that explains what happened.

• Explains where and when something happened.

• The name of the person who wrote the article.