Unit 2: Newspaper Terms Review

Headline

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

Byline

• Location of Event
• Location of Articles in the Newspaper
• Author's Name
• Line that explains which page the story continues on

Dateline

• Location of Event
• First sentence that explains the 5W's
• Date
• Line that explains which page the story continues on

Jumpline

• Title of the article
• Caption
• Picture
• Line that explains which page the story continues on

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

What is a caption and where do you find it in a newspaper article?

• It is under the headline and summarises the article in one sentence.
• It is another word for the headline of a news article
• It is under a photograph in a news article and explains the photo
• It is the dialogue in a comic strip and is in the speech bubbles

first paragraph of a story, designed to give readers the most important information and "lead" them to continue reading

• lead
• byline
• fact
• scoop

news that deals with serious topics or events

• headline
• quote
• news story
• hard news

a plan or design of how the paper is laid out

• crop
• byline
• banner
• layout

What is a subhead?

• Title of an article
• name of person who wrote article
• line that says where article continues
• line of text under the headline