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Intro to Multimedia Storytelling

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anything can be news, but not everything is _______.

a)

a good story

b)

newsworthy

c)

in the news

d)

interesting

2.

Select all that applies. A good story is about what the audience decides is ______ or _______.

a)

impartial

b)

interactive

c)

interesting

d)

important

3.

The public is exceptionally ________.

a)

divergent

b)

divers

c)

diverse

d)

adverse

4.

True or false: Though people may share certain characteristics or beliefs, they have an untold similarity of concerns and interests.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The basic function of news is to distribute or pass on pieces of ________ to the readers, viewers, or listeners.

a)

information

b)

evidence

c)

gossip

d)

argument

6.

A good story does more than inform. It adds ______ to the topic.

a)

flavor

b)

sense

c)

opinion

d)

value

7.

Creating a _______ means finding and verifying important or interesting information and then presenting it in a way that engages the audience.

a)

multimedia story

b)

news story

c)

good story

d)

boring story

8.

According to writing coaches, Roy Peter Clark and Chip Scanlan, effective newswriting can be found at the intersection of what? Select all that applies.

a)

accuracy

b)

civic clarity

c)

literary grace

d)

literary function

e)

information that citizens need to function

9.

What do journalists often fail to do? Select all that applies.

a)

Storytelling is predictable.

b)

Relevancy is assumed.

c)

Limited use of digital media.

d)

Character is missing.

e)

Stories lack meaning

10.

What problem does this solve?

"The idea is to follow a character through a complication and show how they resolve it."

a)

Stories lack meaning.

b)

Time is frozen.

c)

Character is missing.

d)

Relevancy is assumed.

11.

What problem does this solve?

"Often, just a little more reporting can provide the kinds of details that avoid stereotypes and provide an interesting dimension to the people who inhabit your stories."

a)

Relevancy is assumed.

b)

Limited use of digital media.

c)

Stories lack meaning.

d)

Character is missing.

12.

What problem does this solve?

"Tell your audience why the world works the way it does, why a certain trend is happening, why an event is or isn’t taking place."

a)

Relevancy is assumed.

b)

Time is frozen.

c)

Storytelling is predictable.

d)

Stories lack meaning.

13.

_________ should be proven, not assumed.

a)

Innocence

b)

Redundancy

c)

Relevancy

d)

Arguments

14.

What problem does this solve?

"Veer away from the usual inverted pyramid and telling stories."

a)

Storytelling is predictable.

b)

Stories lack meaning.

c)

Character is missing.

d)

Limited use of digital media.

15.

Describe your Multimedia Storytelling instructor. Select all that applies.

a)

COMPASSIONATE

b)

HANDSOME

c)

SMART

d)

Strict

e)

Boring