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WorksheetsLEARNING TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET MASS MEDIA TEXTS
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What makes a feature story different from a news article?
Interprets news, adds depth and color to the narrative, educates or entertains
It always follows the "inverted pyramid" structure
It provides information about an event, idea, or situation
It is usually shorter than news articles
What categories does a feature story include?
Only memories and public opinion survey
Only chronology and analysis
Colour piece, behind the scenes, in disguise, interview, profile, fact box, full texts, my testimony, analysis, vox pop, opinion poll, review
Only interview and review
What stylistic devices can be found in feature stories?
Only epithets and metaphors
Only metaphors and idioms
Epithets, metaphors, metonymy, similes, idioms
Only metonymy and comparisons
What is focused on in feature articles?
Only on entertaining the reader
On human interest, so the feeling and emotion are put into the article
Only on providing facts
Only on persuasion and influence
What tenses and voices are most commonly used in feature stories?
Active voices and future tenses
Active voices and present tenses
Passive voices and past tenses
Passive voices and present tenses
What can be used in the introduction of a feature article?
Questions
Quotes
Emotions, quotes, questions, descriptions
Facts and statistics
Feature articles often begin with ...
a quote
a question
a hook
with statistics
What helps the reader remember the story in a feature article?
Description
Emotional impact
Strong punchline
Use of quotes
What is the most important part of a feature article?
The introduction
The body
The conclusion
The headline
What verbal constructions are often used in newspaper articles?
Infinitive, participial, gerundial
Participial, infinitive
Participial, gerundial
Verbal, adjectival, nominal
What word order is often used in newspaper articles to present information?
What? - Who? - Why? - How? - Where? - When?
What? - Who? - How? - Why? - Where? - When?
Who? - What? - How? - Where? - Why? - When?
Who? - What? - Why? - How? - Where? - When?
The possessive case is used with ...
Names of countries, cities, areas, enterprises, firms, time of day, etc.
Names of countries, cities and areas
Names of cities, areas, enterprises, firms, time of day, etc.:
Names of enterprises, firms, time of day, etc.:
The lexical units, used in print media, are subdivided into ... groups.
3
2
1
4
What are newspaper clichés used for in print media texts?
To give emotional colouring
To avoid ambiguity
To simplify reading and understanding
To standardise the texts
Which type of lexical units in print media texts include names of organisations, public and state bodies, political associations?
Idioms
Abbreviations
Neologisms
Colloquial words
What lexical features are often found in newspaper headlines?
Using verbs, political and economic terms, abbreviations, colloquial and slang words
Using only abbreviations and colloquial words
Using names, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Using only political and economic terms
Mass media exists in the following forms:
print media, broadcast media and electronic media
print media and broadcast media
print media and electronic media
only print media
The functions of mass media are:
▪ to inform a wide audience about the current events,
▪ to suggest and often to impose their possible interpretation of the event,
▪ to share an opinion about them with a contemporary.
▪ to inform a wide audience about the current events,
▪ to suggest and often to impose their possible interpretation of the event
▪ to suggest and often to impose their possible interpretation of the event,
▪ to share an opinion about them with a contemporary.
▪ to inform a wide audience about the current events,
▪ to suggest and often to impose their possible interpretation of the event,
▪ to share an opinion about them with a contemporary.
Newspapers are further classed into:
▪ weekly newspapers (the Observer),
▪ special-interest newspapers (they feature news of concern to particular groups, like The FT, The Money Market UK).
▪ daily newspapers (the bulk of the listed above),
▪ special-interest newspapers (they feature news of concern to particular groups, like The FT, The Money Market UK).
▪ daily newspapers (the bulk of the listed above),
▪ weekly newspapers (the Observer),
▪ special-interest newspapers (they feature news of concern to particular groups, like The FT, The Money Market UK).
▪ daily newspapers (the bulk of the listed above),
▪ weekly newspapers (the Observer)
Analytical articles embrace the following major genres:
▪ an editorial,
▪ a column,
▪ an op-ed (opposite the editorial),
▪ letters to the editor.
▪ a feature article,
▪ an editorial,
▪ a column,
▪ letters to the editor.
▪ a feature article,
▪ an editorial,
▪ a column,
▪ an op-ed (opposite the editorial).
▪ a feature article,
▪ an editorial,
▪ a column,
▪ an op-ed (opposite the editorial),
▪ letters to the editor.
A column is a recurring piece or article that meets each of the following criteria:
a) it is a regular feature in a publication;
b) it is personality-driven by the author
a) it is a regular feature in a publication;
b) it is personality-driven by the author;
c) it explicitly contains an opinion or point of view.
a) it is a regular feature in a publication;
b) it explicitly contains an opinion or point of view.
a) it is personality-driven by the author;
b) it explicitly contains an opinion or point of view.
The function of brief news items is to inform the reader. They state only facts without giving comment. The bulk of their vocabulary is neutral and common literary. They only have a headline.
True
False
Partially true
It hasn't been mentioned in the text.
The pages of a t a b l o i d are about half the size of a quality paper.
True
False
Partially true
It hasn't been mentioned in the text.
A newspaper is a publication devoted chiefly to presenting and commenting on the news.
True
False
Partially true
It hasn't been mentioned in the text.
There are two major newspaper formats – standard and tabloid.A standard-sized newspaper has pages that measure about 60 cm by 38 cm.
The pages of a t a b l o i d are about half the size of a quality paper.
True
False
Partially true.
It hasn't been mentioned in the text.
