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WorksheetsLeads Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A direct news lead is most likely to appear on what type of story?
a)
A feature article
b)
An indept sports story
c)
A soft news story
d)
A hard, breaking news story
2.
The beginning of an article is called a/an:
a)
Lead
b)
Introduction
c)
Hook
d)
Anecdote
3.
A lead that recounts the story in the first paragraph and adds specific details such as names, ages, dates and locations in the second paragraph is called a/an:
a)
Delayed lead
b)
Summary lead
c)
Storytelling lead
d)
Feature lead
4.
The paragraph that serves as the focus or to establish the theme of the story is called a/an:
a)
Focus graph
b)
Nut graph
c)
Theme graph
d)
Nugget graph
5.
If the Atlanta Journal-Constitution runs a story about the sudden resignation of Mayor Kasim Reed, this type of story is called a:
a)
Soft news
b)
Feature
c)
Hard news
d)
Profile
6.
A clincher in a journalistic article is a:
a)
Telling fact at the end of a paragraph
b)
Summarizing quote at end of the article
c)
Telling fact at the end of a article
d)
Summarizing quote at the end of a paragraph
7.
The most common structure for a basic news story is called the?
a)
Egyptian pyramid
b)
Converted pryamid
c)
Inverted pyramid
d)
Diamond pyramid
8.
In Shattered Glass, Stephen Glass violated ethical expectations by?
a)
Writing stories with fact and reliable sources
b)
Writing fiction with lies and invented sources
c)
Accepting gifts and money to influence his story coverage
9.
The story that cost Stephen Glass his job in Shattered Glass was called:
a)
Jukt Micronics
b)
Hack Heaven
c)
The Fabulist
d)
The Jordan Chronicles
10.
Which publication discovered Stephen Glass's ethical violations?
a)
Forbes Online
b)
Money Online
c)
Time Online
d)
Newsweek Online
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