Newspaper

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 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

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

The order of an article is...

• Lead, headline, byline, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, lead, and byline

• Headline, byline, lead, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, byline, and lead

What does it mean when it says "add details"...

• Add specific names, dates, and times

• Be as vague or brief as possible

• Write information that is extra, not necessarily relevant to the story

• Literally write "details" in your article

Where are news articles found? 

• On TV

• In the newspaper

• In your backpack

• All around you

Headline

• Title of the Newspaper 

• Title of the Article 

• Author's Name

• Caption

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 technique is used in this headline?

Forests on Fire

• Onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• repetition

• metaphor