Hard News vs. Soft News

Hard News vs. Soft News

11th Grade

10 Qs

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Hard News vs. Soft News

Hard News vs. Soft News

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.11-12.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Kelly Carlson

Used 12+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which type of news informs an audience?

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This type of news entertains and informs an audience

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This type of news always covers timely events

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which is an example of soft news?

An article about a celebrity breakup

An article about an earthquake in California this week

An article about a food product recall

An article about the latest attack on Ukraine.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Where would you expect to find biased information?

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which type of news do you expect to find most prominently displayed on the front page of a newspaper?

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which type of news tends to be written as longer articles?

Hard News

Soft News

Both

Neither

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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