Hard or Soft?
Take the Lead
Upside Down Egypt
All the Curves
Watch Your Tone
100
The front page of the newspaper
Where is the place to find hard news?
100
The number of words in an average lede.
What is 40 or less.
100
This is one problem with the inverted pyramid style of organization.
What is not allowing writers to be creative?
100
Best way to organize an article profiling a football player.
What is chronological order?
100
This is the word that best describes hard news.
What is serious?
200
Car Accident in Monroe Tears Family Apart
What is a soft news headline?
200
The lead's opening paragraph contains these.
What are the 5 W's?
200
Most important to least important details
What is how the inverted pyramid is organized?
200
This word best describes the "turn" that is part of the hourglass style.
What is transition?
200
This tone is NOT likely to be found in a soft news article.
What is straightforward?
300
Controversial $2 Billion Education Funding Bill Passes
What is a hard news headline?
300
Least important to most important
What is NOT the way to organize a hard news story?
300
Because when you look at the outline, it looks like a pyramid turned upside down.
Why is it called an inverted pyramid?
300
Allowing writers to tell a story.
What is the benefit of writing using hourglass technique?
300
This type of writing gives an article a serious tone.
What are short sentences, sticking to the facts, and straightforward language?
400
Congress Passes $50 Million Defense Bill
What is a hard news story?
400
To sum up the main points.
What is the purpose of a lead?
400
Inverted pyramid is the best structure to organize this type of news.
What is hard news?
400
This is how an article using hourglass technique is organized.
What is lead, turn, narrative?
400
To make sure readers get the most important details first.
What is the reason why writers organize their articles?
500
A lighter story about arts, entertainment, and lifestyle events.
What is soft news?
500
A good lead encourages the reader to do this.
What is keep reading?
500
Most important information is located here.
What is top of the article?
500
If you were writing a news story on summer garden tips, you could arrange the article in either of these two ways.
What is problem/solution or chronological?
500
To help journalists focus and organize their writing.
What is the reason to have purpose?
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