Newspaper Vocabulary Quiz

What is an AD?

• Part of a headline; a table on which type is kept after it has been set

• All manuscript prepared for publication in a newspaper

• Abbreviation for advertisement; referring usually to display advertisements

• An addition of late information to a story already written or in type

What is a DATE LINE?

• The line at the beginning of the story, giving the city from which the story was reported, the date, and the source of the material

• A headline in large letters extending across the top of the first page

• A duty assigned by the city editor; a story that a reporter has been detailed to cover

• A specific kind of typeface

What is an ARTICLE?

• Last-minute important news

• The individual pieces and characters (letters, numbers) used to make words

• a, an, & the

• An informative discussion in expository form of news events or technical subjects

What is a BANK?

• The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake

• Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound

• Part of a headline; a table on which type is kept after it has been set

• An institution that deals in money and its substitutes and provides other money-related services

What is a FEATURE STORY?

• The line containing the author's name

• A news story in which the news value is less important than the style in which the story is written

• The separate divisions of a headline, usually separated from each other by dashes

• The line of division in a story that is continued to another page

What is a DECK?

• A regularly conducted newspaper feature

• Person is charge of preparing the newspaper copy for publication

• The separate divisions of a headline, usually separated from each other by dashes

• A story that is printed solely by one newspaper