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Newspaper Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an AD?

a)

Part of a headline; a table on which type is kept after it has been set

b)

All manuscript prepared for publication in a newspaper

c)

Abbreviation for advertisement; referring usually to display advertisements

d)

An addition of late information to a story already written or in type

2.

What is a DATE LINE?

a)

The line at the beginning of the story, giving the city from which the story was reported, the date, and the source of the material

b)

A headline in large letters extending across the top of the first page

c)

A duty assigned by the city editor; a story that a reporter has been detailed to cover

d)

A specific kind of typeface

3.

What is an ARTICLE?

a)

Last-minute important news

b)

The individual pieces and characters (letters, numbers) used to make words

c)

a, an, & the

d)

An informative discussion in expository form of news events or technical subjects

4.

What is a BANK?

a)

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake

b)

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound

c)

Part of a headline; a table on which type is kept after it has been set

d)

An institution that deals in money and its substitutes and provides other money-related services

5.

What is a FEATURE STORY?

a)

The line containing the author's name

b)

A news story in which the news value is less important than the style in which the story is written

c)

The separate divisions of a headline, usually separated from each other by dashes

d)

The line of division in a story that is continued to another page

6.

What is a DECK?

a)

A regularly conducted newspaper feature

b)

Person is charge of preparing the newspaper copy for publication

c)

The separate divisions of a headline, usually separated from each other by dashes

d)

A story that is printed solely by one newspaper