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Journalism Class Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of journalism class?

a)

Further develop your communication skills

b)

Further develop your research skills

c)

Further develop your writing skills

d)

All of the above

2.

What is a headline?

a)

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

b)

The title of an article or newspaper story

c)

Questions that can be answered in one or two words

d)

Across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper/magazine page

3.

What is a byline?

a)

A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material

b)

The line that shows the writer's name

c)

A plan for the placement and amount of space used on the page

d)

Words under a photograph or graphic, explaining key info

4.

What is a caption?

a)

The title of an article or newspaper story

b)

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

c)

Words under a photograph or graphic, explaining key info

d)

A person who corrects the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of material

5.
The place or person where you get inspiration and information is your...
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
6.
If you reuse a photo from your source you should make a ____ to protect you from plagiarism.
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
7.
When writing in journalistic style, you should always report on  ______ first in the article.
a)
the least important story details
b)
what the photograph is
c)
who the author is
d)
the most important story details
8.

Beginning (first sentence) of article that grabs the reader's attention

a)

selling line

b)

caption

c)

attention-grabber

d)

lead

9.

Politics, war, economics and crime as well as up-to-the-minute news and events is considered...

a)

Hard News

b)

Soft News

10.
What is a good definition for the word ethics? (take your best guess)
a)
rules about behavior and actions most people follow (following what's right or wrong)
b)
a way to cite an article
c)
a test for students
d)
books that help define what words means
11.

Which word means to repeat exactly what someone else has said?

a)

cartoons

b)

quote

c)

interview

d)

advertisements

12.

What is the purpose of the 5Ws and 1H in journalism?

a)

To hide important details from the public

b)

To confuse the audience with conflicting information

c)

To gather and organize information for a news story.

d)

To entertain readers with fictional stories

13.

The 5 W's are who, what, when, where, and ______.

a)

were

b)

wonder

c)

why

d)

whether

14.

What does the First Amendment protect?

a)

All of the above

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

Freedom of the press

d)

Freedom of speech

15.

News stories should be based on factual evidence.

a)

True

b)

False