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AB BROADCASTING IIC - NEWS WRITING

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank:

When you write for a mass medium, you are writing for (a)   .

2.

This is a professional demand that will question journalists' ability to write correctly and felicitously.

a)

Skills

b)

Intelligence

c)

Integrity

3.

A demand to a profession that measures capability to deliver or can able to say something and make sense to a certain issue or event.

a)

Intelligence

b)

Skills

c)

Integrity

4.

It deals with the capacity of truthfulness and commitment to ideals of journalism profession

a)

Intelligence

b)

Skills

c)

Integrity

5.

It is an is an essential part of life in

any society.

(a)  

6.

It means the record of the event that has taken place in a

particular era.

(a)  

7.

It presents people and their problems, concerns, or achievements

in a way that brings about interest, sympathy or motivation in the

reader or viewer.

a)

HUMAN INTEREST

b)

CONSEQUENCES

c)

SIGNIFICANCE

d)

SUSPENSE

8.

A story that is commonly weird but interest story.

a)

HUMAN INTEREST

b)

SUSPENSE

c)

HUMOR

d)

SIGNIFICANCE

9.

It is a news story that is something visual, moving and

concrete, this is based on actual coverage or

presented as if the writer is an eyewitness to the

events

a)

Visual Story

b)

Action Story

c)

Idea Story

d)

Jargon Story

10.

It refers to the instinct of a reporter to identify or sort out news

from an array to facts.

(a)  

11.

It is most commonly known as slant or angle which describes the first paragraph

of that story that tells most important facts of the news.

(a)  

12.

It is the practice of composing for publication in a newspaper and documenting recent events.

(a)  

13.

A term that describe that a story means to be concise as valuing that every word in your

message is vital.

a)

Brevity

b)

Clarity

c)

Sharpness

d)

Accuracy

14.

A term that describes the quality of being coherent in news writing.

a)

Brevity

b)

Clarity

c)

Sharpness

d)

Accuracy

15.

A news values that means people, places, objects, and places that are well known to the public eye garner more attention

(a)  

16.

Conflict is known as the ______ as it directly targets the issues such as politics and war.

a)

news

b)

common news

c)

hard news

d)

news values

17.

It is called as a media territory given to a journalist who is then expected to keep

note of any and all events occurring in that territory.

(a)  

18.

It is general guidelines or criteria used by media outlets, such as newspapers or broadcast media, to determine how much prominence to give to a story.

(a)  

19.

A lead that opens by quoting a common expression, verse, or epigram at

least familiar in the locality.

a)

SUMMARY LEAD

b)

EPIGRAM LEAD

c)

PUNCH LEAD

d)

PICTURE LEAD

20.

A lead that emphasizes the time element, and usually consists of a series of phrases,

punctuated by commas or dashes.

a)

STACCATO LEAD

b)

STACATO LEAD

c)

STACATTO LEAD

d)

STACAATTO LEAD