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WorksheetsJournalism and Story Writing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the most important part of the story?
Lead
Attribution
Details
Length
These words provide no impact or interest so they should be avoided in the lead. (More than one answer)
a, an, the, recently, there, there, are
At a meeting, Tonight, Tomorrow
verbs, adjectives, adverbs
nouns, subjects and predicates
Which of the following is an example of ACTIVE voice?
Students used sharp blades in the dissection.
Sharp blades were used by students during the dissection.
A journalist should inject himself / herself in the story and give their opinions throughout the stories they write.
True
False
Attribution means
giving credit to the speaker
decay
plagiarism
reporting
This kind of feature is designed to make the reader smile/laugh/frown/cry and probably has a surprise ending
human interest
historical
personal experience
sights & sounds
What does the "Q" stand for in the L-T-Q-T-Q writing model?
Question
Quote
Quality
In the Inverted Pyramid writing style, where are the "Important Details" written?
In the first sentence
At the very end of the story
After the lead sentence
News articles about light topics such as sports, fashion and entertainment are called...
Soft News
Prime stories
Feature stories
Investigative stories
What is an open-ended question?
A new question
What questions should every journalist answer in an article?
who, what, did, can, should
who, what, when, where, why, how
none
True or False: Journalists should write the least important information first, leaving the most important for the end.
True
False
Transitions can be _________
fact
partial quote
indirect quote
all of the above
A writing format that has the advantage of efficent condense information is called___.
The hour glass format
The inverted pyramid
the L-Q-T-Q format.
none of the above
The following are the qualities that a news story should have EXCEPT one:
Accuracy
Clarity
Objectivity
Creativity
What do the letters in LQTQ stand for?
Lunch, Quinoa, Turtle
Lead, Question, Translation
Lead, Quote, Transition
Lead, Question, Transition
How should you start your news article?
Assume your audience doesn't know anything.
Take a stance.
Back up your opinion.
Wrap it up.
