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WorksheetsJournalism/Informational Text Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a Lead in a news article?
Answers the questions who, what, where, and when
is a long introduction to the article
has quotations from witnesses
contains who wrote the article
What is the byline?
the title of the article
contains the name of the place where the story took place
the secondary heading of the article
contains the name of the person who wrote the article
What is a "quotation"?
dialogue which has these symbols ' ' around it
the lead of the story
another name for the headline of the article
dialogue that has these symbols " " around it
What is a headline?
the person who wrote the article
the beginning of the actual article
the end of the actual article
the title of the news report
The order of an article is...
lead, headline, byline, and body paragraphs
headline, body paragraphs, lead and byline
headline, byline, lead, and body paragraphs
headline, body paragraphs, byline and lead
What does it mean to "add details"
add specific names, dates and times
be as vague or brief as possible
write information that is extra, not necessarily relevant to the story
Literally write "details" in your article
The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _______
whether
which
why
whenever
What is the main purpose of the 5W's?
to discover the main idea
to find important details
to learn about the author
to understand why the story was written
Which of the 5W questions would ask you to learn about the setting?
where and what
where and when
who and what
who and when
The most important step in writing your article is:
making inferences
coming up with a catchy headline
finding the right picture
using facts and making revisions
Most news reports are written in what perspective?
3rd person
1st person
2nd person
4th person
To be objective in your writing is to:
write in 1st person
focus on the goal you have
to not have any bias or opinion
to use strong vocabulary
When you find a good website to use as a resource, you should:
copy/paste it into your article
summarize it in your own words, and say where you got it
steal it
ignore it
The portion of the layout which explains what is happening in a photograph. Also called "cutlines."
Editorial
Caption
Lead
Hard News
Exactly what the person said and appears inside quotation marks.
Direct Quotation
Hard News
Editorial
Inverted Pyramid
When taking information from an online source, you should
Just copy/paste it and claim it as your own
paraphrase it using your own words and give credit to the source
copy/paste it and change a few words so you don't get caught
put the whole long link in the middle of your article
Which of these fictional character is NOT a news reporter:
Lois
Clark Kent
Steve Rogers
Peter Parker
Which of these real people is NOT a famous journalist:
Bob Woodward
Skip Hollandsworth
Jojo Siwa
Christiane Amanpour
Which of these topics would make for the best news article:
Asking two friends about the lunch room food
Complaining about how many hours we spend at school
Researching why school lunch is the way it is, and finding out the costs to feed 1100 students
Summarizing a news event that already happened and everybody already knows about
A style of writing most commonly applied to news stories in which the most important facts appear early in the story and less important facts later in the story.
Inverted Pyramid
By-line
Lead
Editorial
