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WorksheetsJournalism Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
What give the story life for the reader? This is usually a source directly from the person(s) interviewed.
Body
Quote
Closing
Lead
What part of your story moves from piece of information to new piece of information or quote to information to make it easier to introduce a new idea?
Quote
Body
Nut Graph
Transition
The "L" in "LQTQ" stands for...
lead
late
load
list
The "Q" in "LQTQ" stands for ________.
Quaint
Quote
Quite
Quality
The "T" in "LQTQ" stands for ________.
Transistor
Transitive
Transition
Transcontinental
The Lead is written at the ________ of a news story.
beginning
middle
end
The attribution should follow the ______ quote in a multi-sentence quotation.
first
second
last
In an attribution, the ________ comes first.
source's name
date of the interview
verb
Read the following transition paragraph. Select the most likely quotation paragraph that would follow.
TPWD has no record of a mountain lion attack in Texas or confirmed records of a mountain lion living in Hood County.
“Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds always (errs) on the side of caution when it comes to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Hood County and will continue to alert them of any safety issue that may affect them,” the statement from Rose said.
“Fatal mountain lion attacks on people are extremely rare,” the TPWD wrote in their investigative report. “In the past 100 years, there are fewer than 30 confirmed deaths due to mountain lion attacks nationwide.”
Select the most like transition paragraph that would be linked to this quote:
“We were the front runner,” Brandt said. “We set the tone and the pace and other teams followed because of our success. Our goal was to be creative and innovative. To do things other teams hadn’t done, weren’t capable of doing or couldn’t afford to do.”
And to hear Brandt tell it, what the Cowboys did from 1960 to 1985, which included 20 straight winning seasons and five trips to the Super Bowl, was the greatest run in NFL history and will never be duplicated — not just for the success on the field but the way they innovated and changed the game.
The innovations on the field led to distinct advantages for the Cowboys in terms of scouting and finding players. The Cowboys used to bring 75-80 rookie free agents to training camp to mine talent. They were one of the first franchises with a weight training program.
