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WorksheetsOnline News Article Vocabulary
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is a headline?
Title of the news article and usually printed in big, bold letters at the top of the page
a unique, one-of-a-kind address of an article on the Internet
Tells the reader the name of the person who wrote the article
link to another website and not usually news
What is the byline?
an advertisement
a photo or video of
link to another website and not usually news
What is the URL?
a photo or video near the top of the article
tells you how recent the article was published
a unique, one-of-a-kind address of an article on the Internet
helps the website make money by selling space on their article pages
An image is
link to another website and not usually news
a place for readers to post reactions, thoughts, etc. about an article.
tells you how recently the article was published
a photograph or video near the top of the article
What is sponsored content?
Links to another website and not usually news
tells the reader the name of the person who wrote the article.
title of the news article
a place for readers to post reactions to article
A byline is.....
links to more articles from the same website and can be like the ones you are reading.
a photograph or video near the top of the article
the name of the person who wrote the article
a unique one-of-a-kind address of an article on the Internet
The date is....
a place for readers to post reactions, thoughts, etc. about an article
where you can find out how recently the article was published
links to another website and not usually news
a photograph or video near the top of the article
What are related articles?
links to more articles from the same website and can be like the ones you are reading.
helps the news website make money by selling space on their article pages
title of the news article and usually printed in big bold lettering at the top of the page.
tells the type of article you are reading and the category
What is the section title?
links to another website and not usually news
links to more articles from the same website and can be like the ones you are reading
tells the type of article you are reading and the category it fits into
tells the reader how recently the article was published
What are ads (advertisements)?
a place for readers to post reactions, thoughts, and questions about an article
title of the news article
links to more articles from the same website and can be like the ones you are reading
helps the news website make money by selling space on their article pages
Why is it important to know the different parts of the online news articles?
So you can agree or disagree with the author
So you can argue/debate with the people in the comments section
So you can understand what parts are actual articles and what parts are not
So you can pick the most interesting sponsored content
Which of the following does NOT help a news article make money?
Sponsored content
An ad (advertisement)
An article's byline
Which of these statements is correct about the COMMENTS section of an online news article?
It is used to make money for the website
It includes the thoughts and opinions that readers post about the article
It shows the correct website you are curently looking at
It shows the author and the date is was published
Samantha is reading a news article about the safety issues at Six Flaggs Great America, an amusement park, near her home. She wants to learn more about these issues. Which section should she click on?
The comments section
A sponsored link with the title "20 Things You Didn't Know About Roller Coasters!!"
An ad (advertisement) for tickets
A related article with the headline "Fire Chief Has Roller Coaster Safety Concerns"
