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Journalism Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Title or name of a newspaper/magazine

a)

Title

b)

Headline

c)

masthead

d)

banner

2.

What is the picture on the front page called?

a)

graphic

b)

caption

c)

main image

d)

main picture

3.

What is the title of an article called?

a)

caption

b)

cover line

c)

by-line

d)

headline

4.

How the paper is organized (what goes where)

a)

graphics

b)

layout

c)

template

d)

pattern

5.

Who/What/When/Where/Why

a)

question words

b)

5 Ws

c)

inverted pyramid structure

d)

lead

6.

When an author uses 4 of the 5 Ws in the first paragraph

a)

4 Ws

b)

pyramid structure

c)

inverted pyramid structure

d)

journalism structure

7.

Beginning (first sentence) of article that grabs the reader's attention

a)

selling line

b)

caption

c)

attention-grabber

d)

lead

8.

Information about the publisher and owner of the newspaper

a)

headline

b)

by-line

c)

caption

d)

masthead

9.

The headlines that are on the cover page of a magazine or newspaper

a)

by-line

b)

cover lines

c)

headlines

d)

masthead

10.

Where you find the author of the article

a)

by-line

b)

author line

c)

cover line

d)

head line

11.

Where you look to find out if the news is current

a)

by-line

b)

date line

c)

cover line

d)

masthead

12.

What you call an article that covers two pages that face each other

a)

spread

b)

long article

c)

graphic

d)

main image

13.

Where should the most important information go in a newspaper article?

a)

1st paragraph

b)

3rd paragraph

c)

2nd paragraph

d)

Conclusion

14.

Where should the least important information go in a newspaper article?

a)

1st paragraph

b)

2nd paragraph

c)

3rd paragraph

d)

Conclusion

15.

What is the purpose of a newspaper?

a)

to report what is happening

b)

to record history-in-the-making

c)

to inform the public

d)

all are correct