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WorksheetsNews Structure & Leads
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Journalists MUST...
....make things up.
....amuse readers.
...remain unbiased.
...leave out details.
Being unbiased means...
...not allowing personal opinions to influence an article.
...being polite at all times.
...only writing stories that you are audience will find interesting.
...not offending people.
In order to remain unbiased, journalists must...
...be kind and polite at all times.
...write about your personal opinions.
...only write about the facts.
...include your own opinion as much as possible.
"Students gathered in the
courtyard to protest new security policies." This sentence is...
Biased
Unbiased
"Lots of students turned up to watch football,
which is the worst sport of all" is:
Biased
Unbiased
How are facts arranged in inverted-pyramid style?
from less important to more important
from more important to less important
from slowly building to the most interesting facts
with crucial facts equally distributed throughout the story
When writing a news article using the inverted pyramid structure, the least important information should come...
At the end of the first paragraph (Lead)
In the second paragraph (Nutgraf)
In the end paragraph (Tail)
______ is known as the news structure that is a modification of the inverted pyramid. This form of writing is good for beginner journalist.
L-Q-T-Q
L-T-Q-T
L-Q-T-T
L-T-T-Q
What do the letters in LQTQ stand for?
Lunch, Quinoa, Turtle
Lead, Question, Translation
Lead, Quote, Transition
Lead, Question, Transition
Direct quotes can add ___ to a story.
emotion
opinions
life
all the above.
What is attribution in a news story?
Identifying the source of a quote or fact
A way of thinking or feeling about a news subject
Reducing the effectiveness of news subjects
The schedule of discussion topics at a meeting
The attribution for a quote goes ____.
before the first sentence of a quote
after the first sentence of a quote
before the second sentence of a quote
after the second sentence of a quote
You should use _____ to add (s) details to clarify or contextualize a story.
lead
transitions
direct quote
headline
Which one is 'not' in the five Ws and 1H?
Who
What
While
When
Of the 5 W's and H, which two are typically the most important?
Where, When
Who, What
How, Why
What, Why
Of the 5 W's and H, which two are typically the least important?
Where, When
How, Why
Who, What
Where, How
5 Ws and 1 H should appear in which paragraph?
Lead Paragraph
Second Paragraph
End Paragraph or Tail
None of the above
A lead is found...
...in the middle of the story.
...at the beginning of the story.
...at the end of the story.
...in the headline.
The central point of a story should always appear in the lead.
True
False
Lead paragraph should be comprised of _______ words.
10
15
20-25
30-35
Which of the following does not describe an effective lead?
has impact
usually has one sentence
comes to the point slowly
grabs the reader
What important error spoils the follow lead?
A note to all seniors. The senior prom will take place on May 9 at 8pm in the newly renovated Starlight Ballroom of the Belden-Stratford Hotel.
biased presentation
sentence fragment
too many details
incorrect pronoun reference
What is wrong with the following lead?
With the cherry trees along the Potomac in full blossom and a soft breeze carrying warm, perfumed air from the south, a tanned and vigorous President Roosevelt announced late Friday afternoon that US troops won another critical sea battle in the Pacific.
incorrect grammar
lack of concrete detail
insufficient content
delay in getting to the point
What error spoils the following lead?
What important school official spoke to the school board last Friday at 8pm on the subject of truancy?
too much information
question format
incorrect subject-verb agreement
focus on feature-type news
How might the following lead be improved?
The Parents' Club announced yesterday the formation of a task force to handle the school's most important problems.
by adding specific, concrete details
by making the lead briefer
by adding general information
by rewriting it as a quote lead
