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Journalism Jargon Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The framework for what information your needs to include

a)

Banner

b)

ByLine

c)

Header

d)

5Ws and H

2.

Part of the article that tells the reader who wrote the story

a)

Caption

b)

Byline

c)

Header

d)

5Ws and H

3.

A continuation of the story on a different page

a)

jumpline

b)

header

c)

subheader

d)

jargon

4.

an alphabetical list of news articles that are categorized by different characteristics

a)

jumpline

b)

header

c)

masthead

d)

index

5.

This gives the photographer/author of the photo credit for their work

a)

pull quote

b)

photo credit

c)

byline

d)

caption

6.

the opinion of an event

a)

quotation

b)

photo credit

c)

review

d)

jumpline

7.

using someone else's words in your article in the exact way they said it

a)

byline

b)

masthead

c)

news story

d)

quotation

8.

a written, recorded or sometimes live article or interview that gives the public information about what's going on at that time

a)

lead

b)

news story

c)

masthead

d)

quotation

9.

the title of a newspaper

a)

index

b)

headline

c)

byline

d)

masthead

10.

a feature story is a story that doesn't categorize as one of the 5W's and H but is made for entertainment purposes

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In an editorial, you are not allowed to include your opinion about a certain subject.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

This is the line at the beginning of the article that tells the reader when and where the story takes place

a)

byline

b)

dateline

c)

header

d)

5Ws and H

13.

This is written below a picture in an article that describes it

a)

dateline

b)

editorial

c)

caption

d)

photo credit

14.

a large headline that spans across the entire page is called a:

a)

headline

b)

byline

c)

banner

d)

masthead

15.

The first part of an article that gives a summary of the article is called the

a)

headline

b)

news story

c)

lead

d)

index

16.

The masthead is a description that states the title, ownership, management information of the newspaper

a)

True

b)

False

17.

_______ are placed not within, but next to the content. These are are usually short and don't provide any additional information as they can also be found in the article.

a)

pull quotes

b)

reviews

c)

leads

d)

mastheads

18.

This is a story in an article that is slightly off topic but related to the main point of the article

a)

pull quote

b)

header

c)

feature story

d)

sidebar