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Journalism Pop Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"When you have read the headline, you have spent _______ cents out of your dollar" - David Ogilvy

a)

ten

b)

eighty

c)

fifty

d)

seventy-five

2.

What type of words should you use when writing a headline?

a)

Obvious

b)

Vibrant

c)

To-be verbs

d)

Active

3.

What do headlines do?

a)

Summarize

b)

Reflect tone

c)

Exaggerate

d)

Lure readers in

e)

All the above

4.

Complete this formula + +_______=_________

a)

Verb,Object,Headline = Subject

b)

Subject, Object, Verb = Headline

c)

Headline, Subject, Object = Verb

d)

Subject, Verb, Object = Headline

5.

You should write a clever headline when...

a)

All headlines should be funny

b)

The story calls for it

c)

You should always write a clever headline

d)

All headlines should be serious

6.

Select the correct order for the Reporting Process

a)

Observations, Story Idea, Interviews, Experts, You Edit, Someone Else Edit, Name Spelling, Fact Check,Choose Best Parts, Publish

b)

Story Idea, Observations, Experts, Interviews, Choose Best Parts, You Edit, Read out loud, Someone Else edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling etc., Publish

c)

Observations, Story Idea, Experts, Interviews, You Edit, Someone Else Edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling, Choose Best Parts, Name Spelling etc. Publish

d)

Story Idea, Interviews, Observations, Experts, Chose Best Parts, You Edit, Read out loud, Someone Else Edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling etc., Publish

7.

What Kind of Sources Should you Choose?

a)

Random People

b)

People I know will give me a positive answer

c)

Whoever is the most interesting

d)

A mix of experts and real people

8.

To ensure your story is balanced, how many viewpoints should you include?

a)

More than two

b)

Two

c)

One

d)

Only my viewpoint matters

9.

Choose the correct order for the Interviewing Process

a)

Follow Up, Fact Check, Thank them, Actively Listen, Questioning, record, Introduce Yourself, Review, Get there early, Prepare, Research

b)

Prepare, Research, Get there early, Introduce Yourself, Review, Questioning, Record, Actively Listen, Thank them, Follow Up, Fact Check

c)

Research, Fact Check, Questioning, Record, Thank them, Actively Listen, Review, Introduce Yourself, Get there Early, Prepare, Follow Up

d)

Research, Prepare, Get there early, Review, Introduce Yourself, Record, Questioning, Actively Listen, Thank them, Fact Check, Follow Up

10.

What should you do after you are done with your recording?

a)

post it

b)

delete it

c)

keep it for future reference

d)

share it with my friends

11.

When should you start recording?

a)

At the beginning WITHOUT consent

b)

At the beginning WITH consent

c)

In the middle WITH consent

d)

In the middle WITHOUT consent

12.

What kind of questions should you ask?

a)

Close ended

b)

Open ended

13.

Copy Editing is the _____ ______function for a publication

a)

Quality Control

b)

Driving Force

c)

Basic Reviewing

d)

Money Making

14.

What are the 5 C's of Copy Editing?

a)

Consistency, Complacency, Conciseness, Coherency, Correctness

b)

Clarity, Correctness, Conciseness, Consistency, Coherency

c)

Clarity, Correctness, Conciseness, Consistency, Cohesiveness

d)

Consistency, Conciseness, Cohesiveness, Correctness, Complacency

15.

What is Writing Style?

a)

The way the writing is outlined

b)

Conventions of writing such as capitalization, hyphenation, and spelling

c)

How your writing makes the reader feel

d)

The way your writing looks in a magazine

16.

If you need a breath when reading a sentence out loud, it...

a)

needs to be split with a comma

b)

needs to be split into two sentences with a period or semicolon

17.

Say you have two independent clauses right next to each other. What should you use to separate them?

a)

Ellipsis

b)

Comma

c)

Period

d)

Semicolon

18.

What is it when you use more than one adjective to describe a subject?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Stacked Modifiers

c)

Repetition

d)

Exaggeration

19.

Up to how many Stacked Modifiers should you have to describe a subject?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

Why do we edit the Pony Express Newspaper?

a)

Because our teacher tells us to

b)

To keep our promises by staying consistent

c)

To make more money