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Ch6 Writing General News Stories

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

News stories that have strong timelines and impact, but they do not necessary involve an unexpected and immediate event.

a)

Feature Stories

b)

General News Stories

c)

Special Investigative Report

d)

Breaking News Stories

2.

Term for the paragraph that includes any of the 5 W's not covered in the introductory paragraphs and tells why the story matters.

a)
lead paragraph
b)
summary statement
c)
nut graf
d)
background section
3.

What one word fits into all these blanks?

"Finding the _____ of your story is difficult, but _____ing your story is crucial. A good _____ helps you write swiftly and well and helps you craft your lead. If you do not _____ the story well, it may not be read or viewed."

(a)  

4.

The method of finding a focus that involves team storytelling is called...

a)

Nut Graf

b)

Maestro Concept

c)

Focus Formula

d)

Sidebar

5.

(a)   leads use storytelling techniques to engage the reader, followed by a nut graf that completes the 5 W's.

6.

A story set outside the main story used to provide additional information related to the main story but is not actually a part of it.

a)
Backstory
b)
Subplot
c)

Sidebar

d)

Narrative

7.

Unlike _____ news stories, _____ news stories are designed to be listened to or read from beginning to end.

a)

developing, breaking

b)

general, breaking

c)

developing, general

d)

breaking, general

8.

Ways to organize, or give shape to, a general news story include:

Select all that apply

a)

analysis & narrative writing

b)

answer the questions the audience would ask

c)

working from a punch list

d)

crafting a closing

e)

organizing chronologically & geographically

9.

The (a)   should give the audience of sense of completion.

10.

What pattern in narrative writing does the SEE method follow?

a)

Say it

Edit it

Exhibit it

b)

show Statistics
Explain it

give Examples

c)

Shape it

Edit it

Explain it

d)

Say it

Explain it

provide Evidence

11.

____ writing take apart a complicated issues and lays it before the audience so that the audience can make up its own mind.

a)

Narrative

b)

Analysis

c)

Lead

d)

General news

12.

Term used in construction, meaning a list of tasks that need to be finished in a limited time. When Journalists use the term, they are thinking about a story as if they were building a house.

a)

Punch list

b)

Task list

c)

Honey-do list

d)

Block list

13.

(a)   are short news stories whose primary news value is oddity.

It is often funny, quirky, and bizarre.

(rhymes with mites)