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Journalist vocab quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dark or heavy type

a)

Brainstorming

b)

Censorship

c)

Boldface

d)

column

2.

fast-paced idea generation by members of a group. Ideas are generated, but not evaluated, discussed, accepted or eliminated until the group exhaust all possibilities.

a)

Deft

b)

Brainstorming

c)

Cliche

d)

Treacherous

3.

Full-sized newspaper, approximately 17 inches wide by 22 inches deep.

a)

Broadsheet

b)

Budget

c)

Boldface

d)

Brainstorming

4.

the list of stories selected for a particular issue or news broadcast, determined by the editor or producer.

a)

Byline

b)

Calamity

c)

censorship

d)

Budget

5.

Deletion of material, in part or in whole, from literary or theatrical works; prevention of a particular point of view from being aired or discusses; prevention of certain type of material from being published.

a)

copy

b)

Boldface

c)

Cunning

d)

Censorship

6.

A brief paid message placed by individuals or businesses, classified by subject and printed in a special section of the newspapers.

a)

Cunning

b)

Classified advertising

c)

column

d)

copy

7.

an overused word or expression which has lost its meaning

a)

cliche

b)

Demesne/domain

c)

Cunning

d)

Impending

8.

the last double page spreads in the main part of the yearbook which wrap up the theme and the year

a)

copy

b)

censorship

c)

closing section

d)

Budget

9.

land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use

a)

Impending

b)

Deft

c)

column

d)

Hydrophobia

10.

one method of measuring space on the page of a publication. This generally refers to the space 1 column wide X 1 inches depth. Advertising is often sold by the column inch.

a)

copy

b)

conflict

c)

column inch

d)

byline

11.

a line indicating the name of the author of a story, generally appearing below the headline and above the story

a)

copy

b)

byline

c)

censorship

d)

budget

12.

a promise not to reveal the source of certain information for a story

a)

Confidentiality

b)

boldface

c)

conflict

d)

closing section

13.

a news element that involves different sides engaged in confrontation

a)
Conflict
b)

copy editing symbols

c)
Weather Report
d)

column

14.

standards symbols recognized internationally, used to make changes in copy before the article is set in type

a)

copy

b)
Editing symbols
c)

copy editing symbols

d)
Journalism codes
15.

the written text of a story

a)
Narrative
b)
Characters
c)

copy editing symbols

d)

copy