What is the news?
What do you call the first paragraph of a news story?
It is called a lead.
Sentences in English are formed in which format (arrangement)?
Sentences in the English language are basically done with the subject first, followed by the verb and ending with the object.
What are the two types of third-person point of view?
They are limited third-person point of view and omniscient third-person point of view.
Give three words with the prefix "un-"
undying, unhappy, unbox
Give three words with the suffix "-ist"
journalist, typist, pianist, etc.
What are the tones usually used in news writing?
impersonal, impartial, formal
What is a prologue?
A prologue is a fictional device that gives a preview into the rest of the story or novel.
What is a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words in a sentence that does NOT contain a subject and a verb.
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a predicate. The subject of a sentence is the object, person, animal, or thing you are talking about in a sentence. The predicate of a sentence is what is being said about the subject in the sentence, and it is always a verb.
What is a clause?
A clause is a group of words in a sentence which contains a subject and a verb.
What are the five Ws and 1H of a news article?
The five Ws and 1H of news writing are as follows: what, when, where, who, why and how.
Give the three types of sentences in English.
These are simple, compound and complex sentences.
All news articles use which tense and why?
All news articles use the past tense, because they refer to things that have just happened.
What is a flashback?
A flashback is a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past. Often, flashbacks are sudden interjections that further explain a story or character with background information and memories.
Find out the word classes in the sentence
"Seda loves Charles passionately."
Seda = noun
loves = verb
Charles = noun
passionately = adverb
Why do we need to have quotes in the news story?
This is done in order to establish the reliability of the story.
Give the four types of sentences in English in terms of function.
The four types of sentences in English are statements, questions, orders and exclamations (feelings).
"Khawlah is a boy" is a: (fact, false fact, opinion, both fact or opinion)
false fact
Oumar, who is a student, thinks that Minecraft is a good game. It is a: (fact, false fact, opinion, both fact or opinion)
both fact or opinion
How do we punctuate dialogue?
We punctuate dialogue by using speech marks. All other punctuation that belongs to the dialogue should be placed inside the speech marks.
Why is it important to have a headline?
1. To make the readers interested
2. To give a preview of the story
3. To allow readers to realize how important the news is
What are the eight parts of speech in the English language?
They are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, interjections, conjunctions and prepositions.
Punctuate the sentence and then replace the verb "said" with a suitable word:
l i z s a i d o h m y g o d i c a n t b e l i e v e t h i s
Liz exclaimed, "Oh my God! I can't believe this!"
What is style?
Style is the way that you express your voice in writing.
What is mood?
In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.