Newspaper Reports

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 the byline?

• The title of the article
• Contains the name of the place where the story took place
• The secondary heading for the article
• Contains the name of the person who wrote the article

What is a "quotation"?

• Dialogue which has these symbols '     '  surrounding it
• The lead of the story
• Another name for the headline of the article
• Dialogue that has these symbols "   " surrounding it

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....

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

How many paragraphs should a news report be?

• at least 1
• at least 10
• at least 5
• at least 3

How many numbers should be included in a news report?

• At least 3
• At least 5
• At least 8
• At least 1

How many quotations should be in a news report?

• At least 1
• At least 3
• At least 2
• At least 5

How many names should be in a news report?

• At least 1
• At least 2
• At least 5
• At least 3

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