Name ____________________________________
Date _________________
Hour _________________
1.
Fill in the following information
about the inverted pyramid.
a.
The inverted pyramid presents facts in
____________________________ order from _____________________ important to
____________________________ important.
b.
Where are the most important facts
given? __________________________________________
c.
How does the reporter decide which facts are the most
important? (clue: news value) ____________________________________________________________________________
d.
Succeeding paragraphs expand the lead by
i.
___________________________________________ ,
ii.
___________________________________________ , or
iii.
___________________________________________ .
2.
Historically, using the inverted pyramid allowed editors to
cut the last paragraph of the story (to gain space) and since the information
there was least important, the story would not suffer. However, now editors and
reporters are putting more emphasis on the story ending in an attempt to
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Paragraphs in a news story are short. Typically, how many
sentences are there per paragraph (not including the lead)? _____________________________________________
4.
What does it mean if paragraphs have “continuity” or
“coherence”?
5.
What does it mean to attribute information to a source?
6.
Why is it important to tell the reader the source of the
facts?
7.
Unattributed and attributed opinion in a news story is
called __________________________.
8.
Explain how using an adjective can be editorializing.
9.
What are the two preferred verbs for attribution of direct
and indirect quotations?
a.
_____________________
b.
_____________________
10.
What is the desired effect of the repeated use of “said”?
11.
Each paragraph should begin with a
________________________________________ or
________________________________________ fact.
12.
In the following chart, each example given is a poor example
of news style. Give one of the following as the reason: (write out the reason;
don’t use the letter, please).
a.
Significant fact
b.
Familiar words
c.
Tight writing
d.
Exact verbs
e.
Active voice verbs
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Example |
Reason |
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The golf course,The
Bull, had its designer, Jack Nicklaus, put in an appearance to celebrate its
grand opening. |
|
|
An appearance was made by Jack Nicklaus,
the designer of The Bull, to celebrate its grand opening. |
|
|
There will be an appearance by Jack
Nicklaus at the Bull to celebrate its grand opening. |
|
|
To peruse his design, Jack Nicklaus will
attend the grand opening of the Bull on Monday. |
|
|
Jack Nicklaus ambled across The Bull
Monday to celebrate the grand opening of the golf course he designed. |
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