News Elements
Dallas man refuses to pay toll bill of $24,500.
What is Proximity?
The name of the paper that usually appears at the top
spell out these numbers
What are zero through nine?
first letter of a story that is made to stand out; usually a larger or different font type than text
What is a dropcap?
Purpose of a headline
What is to lure a reader into a story?
The Dallas Cowboys won their home opener.
What is Prominence?
a line of copy that indicates the page on which a story continues
What is a jumpline?
True or false
Spell out numbers in expressions
What is true?
The story editors deem the most interesting of the issue or will garner most clicks on a website.
What is a lead story?
If a story has a 2nd headline, the main headline may be a _______
What is a pun?
City council members get in argument at school board meeting.
What is conflict?
detailed story on a person, issue or event
What is a feature article?
What are letters?
white space that separates the facing pages
What is a gutter?
Always use ___________ point of view.
What is 3rd person?
Woman, not expected to walk again, walks down the aisle to meet her groom.
What is Human Interest?
latest development of a story. Is always in the lead.
What is a news peg?
Abbreviate months with more than _____ letters.
What is five?
white space that separates columns
What are margins?
Always use ___________ tense.
What is present?
Video shows Austin bomber blow himself up in front of officers.
What is proximity?
What is conflict?
information below the headline that supplies additional detail about the story
What is subhead?
True or False
Only capitalize a class when it's followed by a roman numeral.
What is true?
boxed copy that promotes stories inside the issue
What is a teaser?
the three types are punctuation are
What is comma, quotation mark, and semicolon?