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WorksheetsJournalism Pop Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
"When you have read the headline, you have spent _______ cents out of your dollar" - David Ogilvy
ten
eighty
fifty
seventy-five
What type of words should you use when writing a headline?
Obvious
Vibrant
To-be verbs
Active
What do headlines do?
Summarize
Reflect tone
Exaggerate
Lure readers in
All the above
Complete this formula + +_______=_________
Verb,Object,Headline = Subject
Subject, Object, Verb = Headline
Headline, Subject, Object = Verb
Subject, Verb, Object = Headline
You should write a clever headline when...
All headlines should be funny
The story calls for it
You should always write a clever headline
All headlines should be serious
Select the correct order for the Reporting Process
Observations, Story Idea, Interviews, Experts, You Edit, Someone Else Edit, Name Spelling, Fact Check,Choose Best Parts, Publish
Story Idea, Observations, Experts, Interviews, Choose Best Parts, You Edit, Read out loud, Someone Else edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling etc., Publish
Observations, Story Idea, Experts, Interviews, You Edit, Someone Else Edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling, Choose Best Parts, Name Spelling etc. Publish
Story Idea, Interviews, Observations, Experts, Chose Best Parts, You Edit, Read out loud, Someone Else Edit, Fact Check, Name Spelling etc., Publish
What Kind of Sources Should you Choose?
Random People
People I know will give me a positive answer
Whoever is the most interesting
A mix of experts and real people
To ensure your story is balanced, how many viewpoints should you include?
More than two
Two
One
Only my viewpoint matters
Choose the correct order for the Interviewing Process
Follow Up, Fact Check, Thank them, Actively Listen, Questioning, record, Introduce Yourself, Review, Get there early, Prepare, Research
Prepare, Research, Get there early, Introduce Yourself, Review, Questioning, Record, Actively Listen, Thank them, Follow Up, Fact Check
Research, Fact Check, Questioning, Record, Thank them, Actively Listen, Review, Introduce Yourself, Get there Early, Prepare, Follow Up
Research, Prepare, Get there early, Review, Introduce Yourself, Record, Questioning, Actively Listen, Thank them, Fact Check, Follow Up
What should you do after you are done with your recording?
post it
delete it
keep it for future reference
share it with my friends
When should you start recording?
At the beginning WITHOUT consent
At the beginning WITH consent
In the middle WITH consent
In the middle WITHOUT consent
What kind of questions should you ask?
Close ended
Open ended
Copy Editing is the _____ ______function for a publication
Quality Control
Driving Force
Basic Reviewing
Money Making
What are the 5 C's of Copy Editing?
Consistency, Complacency, Conciseness, Coherency, Correctness
Clarity, Correctness, Conciseness, Consistency, Coherency
Clarity, Correctness, Conciseness, Consistency, Cohesiveness
Consistency, Conciseness, Cohesiveness, Correctness, Complacency
What is Writing Style?
The way the writing is outlined
Conventions of writing such as capitalization, hyphenation, and spelling
How your writing makes the reader feel
The way your writing looks in a magazine
If you need a breath when reading a sentence out loud, it...
needs to be split with a comma
needs to be split into two sentences with a period or semicolon
Say you have two independent clauses right next to each other. What should you use to separate them?
Ellipsis
Comma
Period
Semicolon
What is it when you use more than one adjective to describe a subject?
Hyperbole
Stacked Modifiers
Repetition
Exaggeration
Up to how many Stacked Modifiers should you have to describe a subject?
1
2
3
4
Why do we edit the Pony Express Newspaper?
Because our teacher tells us to
To keep our promises by staying consistent
To make more money
