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Semester Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is called

a)

Bias

b)

Disagreement

c)

Civil Discourse

d)

Agreement

2.

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning is called

a)

Civil Discourse

b)

Bias

c)

Connotation

d)

Disagreement

3.

What does it mean to be biased?

a)

to have an opinion on everything

b)

to favor one side over the other

c)

to see everything as equal

d)

to be aware of the truth

4.
A reporter's subjective comments about objective facts; makes one side's ideological perspective look better than another
a)
Omission
b)
Placement
c)
Spin
d)
Story Selection
5.

Which word has a negative connotation?

a)

stench

b)

smell

6.

Which phrase has negative connotation?

a)

a box filled with documents

b)

a box crammed with documents

7.

Which phrase has a more positive connotation?

a)

a peculiar object

b)

a unique object

c)

a strange object

8.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.


My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.

a)

thrifty

b)

stingy

c)

miserly

d)

selfish

9.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.


I admire the man who jumped on the subway tracks to rescue a stranger. He was certainly ________________.

a)

foolhearty

b)

courageous

c)

rash

d)

reckless

10.

A Coca-Cola advertisement making fun of or insulting a Pepsi product would be an example of which fallacy?

a)

No True Scotsman

b)

Glittering Generalities

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Mudslinging

11.

a story with an interesting spin, not something that happens often

a)

weight

b)

impact

c)

proximity

d)

novelty

12.

Which is the explanation of prominence?

a)

it's close by the audience

b)

someone well known has done it

c)

it affects many people

d)

it's unusual

13.

What is the best the definition of timeliness?

a)

it is close by

b)

it is new updated information

c)

it is helpful information to know

d)

it affects many people

14.

Which defines novelty?

a)

many people are affected

b)

someone well known is involved

c)

it's something unusual or unique

d)

it's close by

15.

which defines proximity?

a)

a battle between forces

b)

many people impacted

c)

it's close by

d)

up to date information

16.

We announce the lunch menu each day.

a)

prominence

b)

novelty

c)

timeliness

d)

conflict

17.

Which news value refers to the physical or emotional closeness of a news story to a media outlet’s audience?

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Impact

d)

Neighboring

18.

Which news value means the story is intriguing or has an interesting spin to it, not something you hear of everyday?

a)

Proximity

b)

Usefulness

c)

Conflict

d)

Novelty

19.

Which news value applies to the people a news story is about? If the people are well-known, then the news story is deemed newsworthy.

a)

Conflict

b)

Celebrity

c)

Weight

d)

Prominence

20.

Which news value refers to harder-hitting stories and important developments in a story that would lose their newsworthiness if not reported as soon as possible?

a)

Immediacy

b)

Timeliness

c)

Novelty

d)

Weight

21.
What is confirmation bias?
a)
The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
b)
Using humor, irony, exaggeration, ridicule, and false information to comment on current events.
c)
Deliberately constructing lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public
d)
Finding two more sources that support your information.
22.
Content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
a)
Satire
b)
Fake news
c)
Click bait
d)
Credible
23.
Deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public.
a)
Satire
b)
Fake news
c)
Click bait
d)
Credible
24.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

25.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

26.

Fake news or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

27.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

28.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

29.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

30.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

31.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

32.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

33.

Fake news or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

34.
What is journalism?
a)
Reading
b)
Editing
c)
The writing of newspapers, magazines, and news to be broadcast.
d)
Violent news story.
35.
Journalists start with a lead.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What are the most important out of the 5W's and H?
a)
How, Why, What
b)
When, Where, Why
c)
What, When, Who
d)
How, Who, Why
37.

The beginning of the story which serves to summarize the story and/or grab the reader's attention.

a)

Lead

b)

Caption

c)

Hard News

d)

Editorial

38.

Large type designed to summarize a story and grab the reader's attention

a)

W5H

b)

Headline

c)

By-line

d)

Hard News

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