News And Feature Writing Quiz! Trivia
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- 1.Which 5 W & H would you not begin your summary lead with?
- A.
How or What
- B.
What or Why
- C.
Why or How
- D.
When or Where
- 2.A good summary lead will use the future angle.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which is the future angle for this summary lead?
- A.
Mike Smith, New Caney teacher, plans on speaking to President Obama.
- B.
Mike Smith teaches history at New Caney High School.
- C.
Mike Smith has been at New Caney High School 20 years.
- D.
Mike Smith is interested in politics.
- 4.The ____________________ lead is a descriptive first paragraph of a story that avoids using facts.
- 5.The attribution in this direct quotation is correct. "This is a wonderful school," teacher Jim Becka stated. "I plan on staying here until I retire when I am too old to teach school."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The attribution in this direct quotation is correct. "This is a wonderful school. I plan on staying here until I retire when I am too old to teach school," teacher Jim Becka said.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The attribution in this direct quotation is correct. "This is a wonderful school," teacher Jim Becka said. "I plan on staying here until I retire when I am too old to teach school."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The third paragraph of a news story should be a direct quotation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.It is O.K. to have two consecutive direct quotations without a transition (fact).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.A nut graph is a paragraph that explains what a news story is about.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The third paragraph of a feature story is where the nut graph appears.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.This is a summary lead. Students walked the halls quietly. The laughter normally found at New Caney High School was absent. It was obvious something had happened in the community.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Where is the nut graph? Paragraph 1: Students walked the halls quietly. The laughter normally found at New Caney High School was absent. It was obvious something had happened in the community. Paragraph 2: The previous day two students from the school were killed when their vehicle overturned at the intersection of Hwy59 and Community Drive. Paragraph 3: "I feel horrible," freshman Jane Smith said. "I was close friends with both students and cannot imagine what the parents are feeling right now." Paragraph 4: The funeral for the two students will be held tomorrow at Forest Lawn Memorial Funeral Home in New Caney.
- A.
Paragraph 1
- B.
Paragraph 2
- C.
Paragraph 3
- D.
Paragraph 4
- 14.If this story were rewritten as a hard news story, which fact would be moved to the beginning of the story. Paragraph 1: Students walked the halls quietly. The laughter normally found at New Caney High School was absent. It was obvious something had happened in the community. Paragraph 2: The previous day two students from the school were killed when their vehicle overturned at the intersection of Hwy59 and Community Drive. Paragraph 3: "I feel horrible," freshman Jane Smith said. "I was close friends with both students and cannot imagine what the parents are feeling right now." Paragraph 4: The funeral for the two students will be held tomorrow at Forest Lawn Memorial Funeral Home in New Caney.
- A.
Nothing
- B.
Information from paragraph 2 would be moved to paragraph 1.
- C.
Information from paragraph 3 would be moved to paragraph 1.
- D.
Information from paragraph 4 would be moved to paragraph 1.
- 15.Hard news stories are written in which style?
- A.
Inverted Pyramid
- B.
Least important facts first.
- C.
With a creative open.
- D.
None of these.
- 16.The class journalism textbook says the summary lead (first paragraph) should ____________
- A.
Be creative
- B.
Use a direct quotation
- C.
Be 25 words or less.
- D.
Be 35 words or less.
- 17.Other than the lead, the structure of a feature story and hard news story is very similar. Both follow the quote-transition-quote-transition format following the lead.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.What is the paragraph order for a feature news story?
- A.
Summary Lead -- Rest of Summary Lead - Direct Quotation - Transition/Fact -- Direct quotation
- B.
Direct Quotation - Summary Lead - Direct quotation - Transition/Fact - Direct Quotation
- C.
Creative Lead - Nut Graph - Transition/Fact - Direct Quotation - Transition/Fact - Direct Quotation
- D.
Nut Graph - Creative Lead - Direct Quotation - Transition/Fact - Direct Quotation
- 19.What type of lead is this? Mike Smith once walked the mosquito-filled jungles of Vietnam with M-16 hunting down the enemy. Now his weapon is a teacher's manual and he uses it at New Caney High School.
- A.
News
- B.
Feature
- C.
Neither news or feature
- D.
Editorial
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