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WorksheetsNews Writing 2: Editing Basics
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
After writing your first draft, your job is done as the writer.
True
Very false
In news writing, you need a new paragraph for each new
idea. Every quote gets its own paragraph.
True
False
News writing generally consists of long blocks of text.
True
False
Revising news stories consists of rethinking, rewriting,
restructuring and rewording.
True
False
The rewriting process is not:
using the thesaurus to find bigger words
running spell check and grammar check and
fixing the things it tells you to (Although that is a
good thing to do)
adding extra words and more people saying the
same thing to make it longer.
All of the above
Step 1 of revising includes which of the following:
Run spell-check. Correct typos, spelling errors and
obvious grammar errors
Check names, dates and facts
Run a word count. If you have 500 words for a
350-word article, that’s good
All of the above
Step 2 of revising includes which of the following:
Read your story out loud
Take a look at the sentences that your word
processor has underlined for grammar errors. Check for a subject and verb in every sentence.
Rewrite every sentence you or the computer
marked
All of the above
Step 3 of revising includes checking quotes and possibly going back for more interviews
True
False
Step 4 of revising checks for balance in your quotes; making sure all sides/stakeholders are represented in the quotes you've selected.
True
False
Step 5 of revising seeks out and destroys all adverbs (-ly verbs) in favor of stronger verbs.
True
False
Step 6 of revising includes which of the following:
Going back and rereading your lead. Count the words. If
it’s over 30, that’s way too many. Make it shorter.
Are all of the 5W’s and H covered in the first two
or three paragraphs? If not, add what’s missing.
Does the lead grab the reader and tell what the
story is about? If not, write one that does.
All of the above
Step 7 involves making sure you have an ending paragraph written in your own words.
True
False
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