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Journalism Jargon Vocab

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Banner

a)

Name and logo of the newspaper

b)

A flag

c)

Word font

d)

Type of flag for a newspaper company

2.

Dateline

a)

Tells a date about how old the author is

b)

Tells a location only of a news story

c)

Only shows a date of when the event happened

d)

Tells the location and date of a news story

3.

Byline

a)

A line that separates the image and word

b)

The author of the news story

c)

The date of when it happened

d)

A statement to catch reader's attention

4.

A short statement that grabs the reader's attention, summarize important information in the story; is found at beginning of a story, and is usually in large type

a)

Short paragraph

b)

Key story

c)

feature story

d)

Headline

5.

Captions are also known as

a)

Titles

b)

Big line

c)

Cutline

d)

Topline

6.

accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about

a)

Title

b)

Headline

c)

Caption

d)

Byline

7.

an alphabetical list of news articles - classified by subject, names, personal notices, advertising, illustrations, or other items, found in a newspaper, or group of newspapers.

a)

Index

b)

A,B,C,D

c)

Glossary

d)

Sources

8.

Abbreviation for questions that should be answered from information in any good news story. Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

a)

6Ws and 1H

b)

Many Ws and a H

c)

the W and H term

d)

5Ws and H

9.

an article, usually featured ln the editorial page, where the newspaper its management or staff, or readers express their opinion nd encourages certain action

a)

Editorial

b)

Editing

c)

Edit page

d)

Page Editiorial

10.

What is also called a Lead?

a)

Top

b)

First

c)

Leader

d)

Lede

11.

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

a)

Introuduction

b)

Lead

c)

Conclusion

d)

Lede

12.

Photo Credit?

a)

tells who photograph the image

b)

tells who is in the photo

c)

A summary of the photo

d)

tells why the photo was taken

13.

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

a)

Pull quote

b)

Full quote

c)

Tight quote

d)

Light quote

14.

When a story us too long for a collumn and is continued later in the paper, a ________ tells the reader where to fnd the contiunued story

a)

Ending line

b)

Jumpline

c)

Closing line

d)

Formation

15.

News story

a)

a article that has the 5Ws and H

b)

a article that has the 5Ws and H and tells an event that is recent and relevant to people lives

c)

a article that has the 5Ws and H and tells an event that is late

d)

a article that has the 5Ws and H and tells an event that is old and not relevant to people lives

16.

What is also called a Skybox

a)

Trailer

b)

Teaser

c)

Headline

d)

HI BOX

17.

Skybox

a)

Short Headline text or visual that highlight aritcles in the interior of the paper

b)

Short headline text or visual that is highlight the video on TV media

18.

Masthead

a)

Formal statement of the newspapers name, officer. managment and place of publication

b)

A statment of info about the article

c)

A statment issue about the writer

d)

A formal statment of apology because of a certian event

19.

Quotation

a)

"....."

b)

Statment made by a person other than the author and included in the story either using the person's exact words in quatations (direct quote)

c)

A statment that is from a person that is not exact word of the person what they havent actually said

d)

fixed minimum or maximum number of a particular group of people allowed to do something, such as immigrants to enter a country, workers to undertake a job, or students to enroll for a course.

20.

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

a)

Grade

b)

Sidebar

c)

Action Review

d)

Review

21.

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

a)

Specialbar

b)

Anglebar

c)

Sidebar

d)

Mainbar