WorksheetsStudent Media Core Vocab
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
an attempt to draw interest to an ad.
a)
Advertising Appeal
b)
Rule of Thirds
c)
Anonymous source
d)
Aperture
2.
an unnamed source.
a)
Aperture
b)
Attribution
c)
Anonymous source
d)
Banner
3.
an attempt to draw interest to an ad.
a)
Advertising appeal
b)
Typography
c)
Tracking
d)
Stand-Up
4.
an unnamed source.
a)
Tracking
b)
Advertising appeal
c)
Typography
d)
Anonymous Source
5.
the lens opening that admits controlled amounts of light into a camera
a)
Aperture
b)
Anonymous Source
c)
Advertising appeal
d)
Typography
6.
the crediting of the source of information.
a)
Attribution
b)
Aperture
c)
Anonymous Source
d)
Advertising appeal
7.
extra video footage, sent separately or along with VNR, for use by television stations in preparing their own stories.
a)
B-Roll
b)
Attribution
c)
Aperture
d)
Anonymous Source
8.
information that may be used by that can’t be attributed except in a general way.
a)
Background Information
b)
B-Roll
c)
Attribution
d)
Aperture
9.
a headline that runs across the entire width of a page
a)
Banner
b)
Background Information
c)
B-Roll
d)
Attribution
10.
the transmission of news on television or radio
a)
Broadcast Journalism
b)
Banner
c)
Background Information
d)
B-Roll
11.
the name of the person who wrote a story, usually printed along with the story.
a)
Byline
b)
Broadcast Journalism
c)
Banner
d)
Background Information
12.
a method of measuring space on a newspaper, yearbook, or magazine page.
a)
Column Inch
b)
Byline
c)
Broadcast Journalism
d)
Banner
13.
the latest time a story can be finished in order to be printed in that paper or shown on that newscast.
a)
Deadline
b)
Column Inch
c)
Byline
d)
Broadcast Journalism
14.
an article that states a newspaper’s ideas on a particular issue.
a)
Editorial
b)
Deadline
c)
Column Inch
d)
Byline
15.
the amount of light that reaches the film in a camera.
a)
Exposure
b)
Editorial
c)
Deadline
d)
Column Inch
16.
the setting that controls the amount of light passing through a camera’s shutter.
a)
F-stop
b)
Exposure
c)
Editorial
d)
Deadline
17.
a prominent news story written like a short piece of fiction.
a)
Feature
b)
F-stop
c)
Exposure
d)
Editorial
18.
a question that follows a source’s response to another question, intended to get the source to add to or continue with an answer or explanation.
a)
Follow-Up Question
b)
Feature
c)
F-stop
d)
Exposure
19.
a list or file containing ideas for stories and dates of upcoming events for future issues of a publication or a later newscast.
a)
Futures Files
b)
Follow-Up Question
c)
Feature
d)
F-stop
20.
a story about timely, breaking news.
a)
Hard News Story
b)
Futures Files
c)
Follow-Up Question
d)
Feature
21.
a characteristic of a news story about people, usually those involved in some emotional struggle.
a)
Human Interest
b)
Hard News Story
c)
Futures Files
d)
Follow-Up Question
22.
design elements that illustrate a story, such as a chart, map, diagram, quotation, or sidebar.
a)
Infographics
b)
Human Interest
c)
Hard News Story
d)
Futures Files
23.
a special kind of tracking that brings a pair of letters closer together to prevent unsightly gaps.
a)
Kerning
b)
Infographics
c)
Human Interest
d)
Hard News Story
24.
the space between two lines of type.
a)
Leading
b)
Kerning
c)
Infographics
d)
Human Interest
25.
a public relations strategy in which a company uses many types of media simultaneously to get a message to as many people as possible.
a)
Media Blitz
b)
Leading
c)
Kerning
d)
Infographics
26.
a group interview planned to convey information simultaneously from one source to many reporters representing all media.
a)
News Conference
b)
Media Blitz
c)
Leading
d)
Kerning
27.
a lack of personal feelings or bias.
a)
Objectivity
b)
News Conference
c)
Media Blitz
d)
Leading
28.
a partial line of type that appears at the top of a page or column.
a)
Orphan
b)
Objectivity
c)
News Conference
d)
Media Blitz
29.
a unit of measure.
a)
Pica
b)
Orphan
c)
Objectivity
d)
News Conference
30.
a direct quotation taken from a story and treated as a graphic to draw attrition to the text.
a)
Pulled Quote
b)
Pica
c)
Orphan
d)
Objectivity
31.
a correction in a subsequent issue of a publication.
a)
Retraction
b)
Pulled Quote
c)
Pica
d)
Orphan
32.
type without tiny strokes, or serifs, at the tips of each letter.
a)
Sans Serif Type
b)
Retraction
c)
Pulled Quote
d)
Pica
33.
type with tiny strokes, or serifs, at the tips of each letter.
a)
Serif Type
b)
Sans Serif Type
c)
Retraction
d)
Pulled Quote
34.
a dark curtain that slides back and forth across the back of the camera at a predetermined speed.
a)
Shutter
b)
Serif Type
c)
Sans Serif Type
d)
Retraction
35.
a recorded quotation from a source used by radio and television newscasts or on websites or podcasts.
a)
Sound Bite
b)
Shutter
c)
Serif Type
d)
Sans Serif Type
36.
when a reporter appears on camera to explain the information in a story.
a)
Stand-Up
b)
Sound Bite
c)
Shutter
d)
Serif Type
37.
adjusting the horizontal space between letters.
a)
Tracking
b)
Stand-Up
c)
Sound Bite
d)
Shutter
38.
the art of choosing and arranging letters in a pleasing and appropriate manner.
a)
Typography
b)
Tracking
c)
Stand-Up
d)
Sound Bite
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