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Journalism Notes quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story.

a)

Byline

b)

Column

c)

Feature Story

d)

5Ws and H

2.

One written by a reporter working for a news service

a)

Flag

b)

Wire story

c)

Sidebar

d)

Review

3.

a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics.

a)

Quotation

b)

Skybox

c)

Pull quote

d)

Photo Credit

4.

Tells who photographed the image.

a)

Photo credit

b)

Byline

c)

News Story

d)

Lede

5.

Formal statement of the newspapers name, officer and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page.

a)

Gutter

b)

Jumpline

c)

Index

d)

Masthead

6.

Margin between facing pages in the vertical fold.

a)

Headline

b)

Gutter

c)

Lead

d)

Feature Story

7.

Tells the location and date of a news story.

a)

Graphics

b)

5Ws and H

c)

Dateline

d)

Caption

8.

vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure.

a)

Column

b)

Cutline

c)

Byline

d)

Flag

9.

Accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the imagine is about.

a)

Caption

b)

Column

c)

Feature Story

d)

Graphic

10.

A report that evaluates a restaurant book, movie, music album or other entertainment.

a)

Skybox

b)

Sidebar

c)

Review

d)

Wire story

11.

Short headline text or visual that highlight articles in the interior of the paper.

a)

Skybox

b)

Quotation

c)

Lead

d)

Headline

12.

When a story is too long for a column and is continued later in the paper.

a)

Lede

b)

Jumpline

c)

Masthead

d)

5Ws and H

13.

Brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story

a)

Cutline

b)

Feature Story

c)

Index

d)

Sidebar

14.

The author of the news story and his or her title.

a)

News Story

b)

Caption

c)

Byline

d)

Column.

15.

Name and logo of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters

a)

Caption

b)

Dateline

c)

Banner

d)

Editorial

16.

An article, usually featured on the editorial page, where the newspaper, it’s management or staff, or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action

a)

Headline

b)

Gutter

c)

Graphic

d)

Editorial

17.

The first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the readers interest

a)

Caption

b)

Lead

c)

News Story

d)

Masthead

18.

Statement made by a person other than the author included in the story either using the persons exact words in quotations

a)

Pull quote

b)

Sidebar

c)

Quotation

d)

Review

19.

Article that includes information (5Ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives

a)

News Story

b)

Masthead

c)

Photo credit

d)

Lead

20.

A story or article in which the basic purpose is something other than recent news human interest articles, investigative reports, historical or scientific expositions

a)

Index

b)

Gutter

c)

Feature Story

d)

Graphic

21.

A listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper that refers readers to the regular features and sections

a)

Index

b)

Jumpline

c)

Lead

d)

News story

22.

Use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page

a)

Feature story

b)

Gutter

c)

Graphic

d)

Headline

23.

Short statement that grabs the readers attention summarizes important information in the story, found at the beginning of a story and usually in large type

a)

Gutter

b)

Headline

c)

Index

d)

Jumpline