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WorksheetsJournalism Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is an anecdote?
A short, entertaining account of something happening
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
A plan for the placement and amount of space used on the page
What is attribution?
A short, entertaining account of something happening
The top-ranking person in the news department of a newspaper/magazine
Give credit for a quote or information, the source of information in a story
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
What is a headline?
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
The title of an article or newspaper story
Questions that can be answered in one or two words
Across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper/magazine page
What is a byline?
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
The line that shows the writer's name
A plan for the placement and amount of space used on the page
Words under a photograph or graphic, explaining key info
What is a copy editor?
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
A powerful phrase or quote from the text used as a teaser to draw reader into article
A short description, picture, or piece of acting that expresses very clearly and neatly the typical characteristics of the thing that it represents
A plan for the placement and amount of space used on the page
What is a caption?
The title of an article or newspaper story
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Words under a photograph or graphic, explaining key info
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
What is a layout?
A plan for the placement and amount of space used on the page
The line that shows the writer's name
Questions that can be answered in one or two words
Across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper/magazine page
What is an anecdote?
A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material
The top-ranking person in the news department of a newspaper/magazine
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
A short, entertaining account of something happening
How the paper is organized (what goes where)
graphics
layout
template
pattern
When an author uses 4 of the 5 Ws in the first paragraph
4 Ws
pyramid structure
inverted pyramid structure
journalism structure
Beginning (first sentence) of article that grabs the reader's attention
selling line
caption
attention-grabber
lead
What you call an article that covers two pages that face each other
spread
long article
graphic
main image
What are captions?
A misspelling for the word "captains"
A long article written about a photo
A short phrase or sentence describing a photo
The subject of the photo
What is the subject of a photo?
The main focus of the photo
Usually English
The person who took the photo
The purpose behind the photo
Politics, war, economics and crime as well as up-to-the-minute news and events is considered...
Hard News
Soft News
What is an editorial?
An editorial is an article that presents a government's opinion on an issue.
An editorial is an article that presents only the facts on an issue
An editorial is an article that presents the newspaper's opinion on an issue.
Being a neutral observer of events and issues means you are
slanderous
libelous
objective
a journalist
