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Review: News Elements and 5W's+H

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a lead?

a)

The last sentence/paragraph of an article

b)

The introduction sentence/paragraph of an article

c)

A question a reporter asks

d)

An answer to a question

2.

What is the "H" stand for in the 5 W's and an H?

a)

How

b)

Help

c)

Hearing

d)

Happened

3.

Which headline would most appeal to people who care about the environment?

a)

"Israel Aims For Zero New Gasoline, Diesel-Powered Vehicles By 2030"

b)

"Bruno Mars Celebrated His Birthday By ‘Hiring’ Ed Sheeran"

c)

"Four People Dead After Massive Sidewalk Sinkhole Swallows Them"

d)

"Kanye West To Dine With President Trump At The White House"

4.

False information or propaganda published under the guise of being authentic news. Sites set up to push this content do so in an attempt to mislead consumers of the content and spread misinformation via social networks and word-of-mouth.

a)

Fake News

b)

Gossip

c)

Fast News

d)

Conspiracy Theory

5.

This defines what word? "the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast."

a)

Source

b)

Teacher

c)

Journalism

d)

News Anchor

6.

Which of the does not give news value?

a)

Conflict

b)

Fictional Elements

c)

Proximity

d)

Impact

7.

Which one of these does not give news value?

a)

cuteness

b)

impact

c)

timeliness

d)

prominence

8.

Which one of these does give news value?

a)

loud voices

b)

really good writers

c)

P3 Journalism

d)

conflict

9.

How does proximity give news value?

a)

People like a weird story!

b)

People like stories with celebrities in them!

c)

People like stories about things happening close to them

d)

People like stories about drama!

10.

Which one of these is not one of the 5 W's and & H?

a)

Who is it about?

b)

What happened

c)

Where did it take place?

d)

Have you seen it before?

11.

Which is the most correct version of the 5 W's & an H?

a)

Whom, Whit, Where, Whip, How

b)

How, Who, What, When, Where, Why

c)

What, When, Whey, Whew, How

d)

Who, What, When, Where, Why, Howler

e)

How, What, When, Where, Who, Whiny

12.

What is the best definition of a beat in journalism?

a)

The field that you are covering for news

b)

The machine that makes news papers

c)

The structure of a journalistic article

d)

A type of poetry emerging in the 40s

13.

The main function of the lead is to answer WHs and H questions.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Lead is an introductory word, sentence or paragraph of a news.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What does it mean to be newsworthy?

a)

It is a journalist favorite thing

b)

it is a story people don't want to hear about

c)

it is a story people would want to know about

16.

The different reasons stories are chose to make the news are called ___________.

a)

newsworthy

b)

journalism

c)

news values

17.

A value of news based on something happening right now.

a)

Proximity

b)

Timeliness

c)

Impact/Consequence

d)

Conflict

18.

A news value based on how close something is happening to its readers/viewers.

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Impact/Consequence

d)

Conflict

19.

A news value based on disagreements among people or groups.

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Impact/Consequence

d)

Conflict

20.

A news value based on how much it affects your audience.

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Impact/Consequence

d)

Conflict

21.

A news value based on a well-known or famous person.

a)

Currency

b)

Human Interest/Emotion

c)

Oddity/Rarity/Novelty

d)

Prominence/Celebrity

22.

A news value based on something out of the ordinary, new, or unusual.

a)

Prominence/Celebrity

b)

Oddity/Rarity/Novelty

c)

Human Interest/Emotion

d)

Currency

23.

A story that draws the reading in by emotional appeals contains:

a)

Timeliness

b)

Proximity

c)

Human - Interest

d)

Novelty

24.

Novelty in a story means it is something we've heard about over and over again.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

A story that is about well-known or important issues, events, companies, or people has:

a)

Conflict

b)

Importance

c)

Prominence

d)

Human-interest

26.

A story that was written yesterday has:

a)

Timeliness

b)

A quick turn around

c)

Proximity

d)

By-line