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Journalism/Informational Text Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Lead in a news article?

a)

Answers the questions who, what, where, and when

b)

is a long introduction to the article

c)

has quotations from witnesses

d)

contains who wrote the article

2.

What is the byline?

a)

the title of the article

b)

contains the name of the place where the story took place

c)

the secondary heading of the article

d)

contains the name of the person who wrote the article

3.

What is a "quotation"?

a)

dialogue which has these symbols ' ' around it

b)

the lead of the story

c)

another name for the headline of the article

d)

dialogue that has these symbols " " around it

4.

What is a headline?

a)

the person who wrote the article

b)

the beginning of the actual article

c)

the end of the actual article

d)

the title of the news report

5.

The order of an article is...

a)

lead, headline, byline, and body paragraphs

b)

headline, body paragraphs, lead and byline

c)

headline, byline, lead, and body paragraphs

d)

headline, body paragraphs, byline and lead

6.

What does it mean to "add details"

a)

add specific names, dates and times

b)

be as vague or brief as possible

c)

write information that is extra, not necessarily relevant to the story

d)

Literally write "details" in your article

7.

The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _______

a)

whether

b)

which

c)

why

d)

whenever

8.

What is the main purpose of the 5W's?

a)

to discover the main idea

b)

to find important details

c)

to learn about the author

d)

to understand why the story was written

9.

Which of the 5W questions would ask you to learn about the setting?

a)

where and what

b)

where and when

c)

who and what

d)

who and when

10.

The most important step in writing your article is:

a)

making inferences

b)

coming up with a catchy headline

c)

finding the right picture

d)

using facts and making revisions

11.

Most news reports are written in what perspective?

a)

3rd person

b)

1st person

c)

2nd person

d)

4th person

12.

To be objective in your writing is to:

a)

write in 1st person

b)

focus on the goal you have

c)

to not have any bias or opinion

d)

to use strong vocabulary

13.

When you find a good website to use as a resource, you should:

a)

copy/paste it into your article

b)

summarize it in your own words, and say where you got it

c)

steal it

d)

ignore it

14.

The portion of the layout which explains what is happening in a photograph. Also called "cutlines."

a)

Editorial

b)

Caption

c)

Lead

d)

Hard News

15.

Exactly what the person said and appears inside quotation marks.

a)

Direct Quotation

b)

Hard News

c)

Editorial

d)

Inverted Pyramid

16.

When taking information from an online source, you should

a)

Just copy/paste it and claim it as your own

b)

paraphrase it using your own words and give credit to the source

c)

copy/paste it and change a few words so you don't get caught

d)

put the whole long link in the middle of your article

17.

Which of these fictional character is NOT a news reporter:

a)

Lois

b)

Clark Kent

c)

Steve Rogers

d)

Peter Parker

18.

Which of these real people is NOT a famous journalist:

a)

Bob Woodward

b)

Skip Hollandsworth

c)

Jojo Siwa

d)

Christiane Amanpour

19.

Which of these topics would make for the best news article:

a)

Asking two friends about the lunch room food

b)

Complaining about how many hours we spend at school

c)

Researching why school lunch is the way it is, and finding out the costs to feed 1100 students

d)

Summarizing a news event that already happened and everybody already knows about

20.

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.

a)

Inverted Pyramid

b)

By-line

c)

Lead

d)

Editorial