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Journalism Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gathering and reporting the news

a)

Editor

b)

Journalism

c)

Writer

d)

Author

2.

Lead

a)

opening paragraph of news story

b)

should contain 4 of the 5Ws

c)

beginning of written news article

d)

all are correct

3.

Reliable

a)

you can believe it

b)

dependable

c)

true

d)

all are correct

4.

Style of writing that uses the 5Ws in the first paragraph

a)

Lead

b)

Feature

c)

Inverted Pyramid Structure

d)

News Writing

5.

A brief summary of the life of someone who died recently

a)

Feature

b)

Lead

c)

Headline

d)

Obituary

6.

"Just Do It" is an example of a ---

a)

slogan

b)

graphic

c)

headline

d)

news article

7.

The official name of the caption under a photo

a)

caption

b)

cut-line

c)

byline

d)

none are correct

8.

A story that a reporter has access to that no one else has

a)

exclusive

b)

inclusive

c)

byline

d)

tabloid

9.

Writing an article trying to influence the reader's thinking

a)

opinion

b)

slant

c)

op-ed

d)

rant

10.

Story that can be published at any time

a)

B-copy

b)

Editorial

c)

Evergreen

d)

Feature

11.

Person who prepares the layout of the paper and checks for errors

a)

author

b)

reporter

c)

manager

d)

editor

12.

Personal web page with opinions, hobbies, likes, and links

a)

web page

b)

blog

c)

article

d)

tabloid

13.

Who, What, When, Where, Why

a)

credibility

b)

reliability

c)

the 5 questions

d)

the 5 Ws

14.

When you make an assumption, you ---

a)

accept something as true without checking the facts

b)

spread rumors

c)

start gossip

d)

ignore others' opinions

15.

facts and statistics collected for analysis

a)

information

b)

graphs

c)

news

d)

data

16.

the layout of the paper or the way it looks

a)

presentation

b)

format

c)

style

d)

cover page

17.

The mental impression/image you have of something or someone

a)

assumption

b)

opinion

c)

perception

d)

truth

18.

A reason for doing something

a)

motive

b)

belief

c)

opinion

d)

fact

19.

respect and admiration based on perception of his/her accomplishments

a)

bias

b)

prejudice

c)

prestige

d)

perception

20.

To have a strong effect on someone or something

a)

endorse

b)

meaningful

c)

edit

d)

impact