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WorksheetsJournalism Unit 3 Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which element focuses on ensuring facts, names, and dates are correct in copy?
Purpose: achieving intended goals
Clarity: readability and comprehension
Accuracy: factual correctness and precision
Meaning: consistent terminology throughout
A paragraph with logical flow, appropriate context, consistent terminology, and clear transitions primarily strengthens which aspect of copy?
Clarity: improves sentence readability
Meaning: conveys the message clearly
Purpose: aligns with intended goals
Accuracy: verifies statistics and data
Which practice best maintains clarity for readers?
Prioritize clever metaphors over facts
Organize ideas with clear transitions
Mix multiple terms for the same concept
Use dense jargon in key sentences
When evaluating technical writing, which element is typically prioritized?
Meaning: creative expression emphasis
Purpose: persuasive goal fulfillment
Accuracy: factual correctness and precision
Clarity: decorative prose readability
You must verify a claim about a public figure’s award received last month. Which set of actions best demonstrates accuracy?
Use context and transitions for flow
Replace technical terms with synonyms
Check names and dates, confirm current info
Define goals, tailor tone to audience
Which step best defines writing with intent for a news feature?
Add quotes to increase word count
Use longer sentences for sophistication
Choose vivid adjectives for headlines
Clarify the target audience and needs
Which sentence shows active voice?
The proposal was approved
The city approved the proposal
Approval of the proposal occurred
The approval was given
Which technique primarily increases sentence variety in a column?
Avoid punctuation changes
Repeat key phrases often
Mix short and long sentences
Keep clauses strictly parallel
Which planning step should come first when drafting a targeted op-ed?
Decide on persuasive tone
Select suitable publication format
Define who the piece serves
Outline supporting evidence
Which revision choice improves rhythm in a paragraph?
Vary sentence length and patterns
Add more adjectives everywhere
Repeat the same clause structure
Merge all short sentences together
During word choice review, which option strengthens descriptive language?
Limit imagery to avoid strong impressions
Choose synonyms with identical connotations
Insert jargon that readers may not know
Replace vague words with concrete details
Which hands-on exercise focuses on collaborative feedback to refine drafts?
Style improvement challenges
Clarity enhancement tasks
Purpose alignment checks
Peer review workshops
Which task aims to make sentences more understandable and precise?
Clarity enhancement tasks
Style improvement challenges
Purpose alignment checks
Peer review workshops
In a newsroom simulation, you must pick one activity first to strengthen early drafts. Which choice best fits?
Peer review workshops
Purpose alignment checks
Clarity enhancement tasks
Style improvement challenges
Your editor says the piece sounds formal in one section and casual in another. Which activity will address this?
Clarity enhancement tasks
Style improvement challenges
Purpose alignment checks
Peer review workshops
A classmate suggests reorganizing paragraphs to improve reader comprehension. Which activity does this feedback represent?
Style improvement challenges
Peer review workshops
Clarity enhancement tasks
Purpose alignment checks
Which sequence best supports drafting a balanced op-ed?
Purpose alignment, peer review, clarity
Peer review, style, purpose
Style, clarity, peer review
Clarity, purpose, style
You’re revising a news brief with vague verbs and filler phrases. Which activity targets this issue?
Style improvement challenges
Peer review workshops
Clarity enhancement tasks
Purpose alignment checks
A student team sets criteria: audience need, angle focus, and evidence relevance. Which activity are they formalizing?
Peer review workshops
Style improvement challenges
Purpose alignment checks
Clarity enhancement tasks
You compare your draft against the assignment’s stated aim and target audience. What are you doing?
Purpose alignment checks
Peer review workshops
Style improvement challenges
Clarity enhancement tasks
An editorial is an article that presents the newspaper’s opinion on an issue.
TRUE
FALSE
A news value based on disagreements among people or groups.
Timeliness
Proximity
Impact/Consequence
Conflict
Which of these is a characteristic of a good news report?
It contains opinions
It is clear and concise
This is usually called Soft News.
Editorial
Feature Story
News Story
Short Story
For this element of news, it is the importance of the event which matters or how large the number of people it had an effect on.
human interest
action/change
rarity
impact
Which type of story is based on a recent event or occurrence that is relevant to the reader?
Straight News
Feature
Editorial
Opinion
What should a good newspaper article include?
Only pictures
Only opinions
Facts and information
Only advertisements
What is a headline in a newspaper?
A funny joke
The name of the newspaper
The title of a story or article
A secret message
