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WorksheetsWriting Final Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What do direct quotes do?
Source talk
Ties controversial opinion
Both
What does an orphan quote use?
Quotation marks around one word
Marks around two words
Elipses
Parantheses
How many quotation marks do you use for spoken words?
1
2
0
3
What is a headline?
An abstract sentence
A sentence in bold and big lettering
The first sentence in a story
Words written on someone's head
How should punctuation be used in headlines?
Lightly
Heavily
Not at all
None of the above
What is the main goal of journalism?
Use as few words as possible
Write entertaining stories
Write the best opinion pieces
None of the above
What is a slug?
A simple story title
An animal
A slimy thingy
No such thing exists
T/F: All words for companies should be abbreviated
T
F
How do you write academic departments?
Lowercase everything except for common nouns
Lowercase everything regardless of what it is
All caps
Caps and lowercase
What is leapfrogging?
Making an insecure connection
Jumping from one part to the next without a good transition
Writing a sentence in the wrong way based on the amount of info
Going completely off-topic from the main story point
T/F: News stories are minutes of meetings
T
F
What is the difference between radio and newspaper writing?
Style
Format
Purpose
Information
When writing for broadcast, do you round numbers?
Yes
No
Only for a certain range
T/F: A colon starts a list
T
F
In radio writing, what does the hard lead do?
Gives information
Gives one sentence of information
Tells the whole story
What three things are the purpose of an interview?
News
Feature and Investigation
A and B
Neither A nor B
Should formal titles be cap'd?
Omly before certain names
Always
Never
What is a bright?
A short, funny story
A story about the Sun
An excessive growth on a tree
Why do people not like writing obituaries?
Too sensitive
Fear of messing up
It's a curse
Do event stories cover the event and report on it while at it?
Yes
No
What is a defamatory statement?
An untrue statement about an individual
A statement that ruins someone's reputation
A statement that follows with a suit
A and C
T/F: For a suit to move forward, all 6 legal attacks must be proved
T
F
Simply put, what is PR?
A communication strategy
A communication board
A sub-Reddit
None of the above
Which Admendment details the right to privacy?
1st
2nd
5th
4th
What is slander?
Speech meant to attack an individual
Bad words
A federal crime
A made-up word
What should you NOT use when writing?
Jargon
Cliche
A and B
Neither A nor B
What are the two most important qualities of a journalist?
Engaged
Articulate
Empathetic
All of the above
What is a slug?
A simple story title
An animal
A slimy thingy
No such thing exists
What does the inverted pyramid story format do?
Puts least important info first
Puts most important info in the body
Puts most important info first
Puts least important info in the body
Do addresses ever use non-numeral characters?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Depends
Do you use figures for numbers 10 or above?
Yes
No
Sometimes
None of the above
What is a lead?
A short sentence at the beginning of a story
A sentence detailing important news
A sentence about metal
A metal pipe
What is the first thing a kicker usually is?
A quote
An attention-grabber
A paragraph in the story
A random sentence anywhere in the story
What should you NOT attribute?
Common knowledge
Facts
Witnessed events
All of the above
How many quotation marks do you use for spoken words?
1
2
0
3
What is an advantage of alternative leads?
Creativity
Freedom to write
Innapropriate
A and B
What is a headline?
An abstract sentence
A sentence in bold and big lettering
The first sentence in a story
Words written on someone's head
Do headlines start with a verb?
Y
N
Sometimes
Depends
How should punctuation be used in headlines?
Lightly
Heavily
Not at all
None of the above
What does a calendar lead do?
Mentions time
Mentions an event
A and B
Neither A nor B
