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Newspaper Writing
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100
This type of article may be written in the inverted pyramid format.
What is a news article?
100
This type of lead asks the reader to consider a particular issue.
What is a question lead?
100
A good lead should never do this.
What is "come to the point slowly" or "mislead the reader."
100
This supports the lead and adds personality to an article in the very beginning of the body.
What is a back-up quote?
100
The body of a news story begins after this.
What is the lead?
200
This type of article generates interest in a topic.
What is a feature article?
200
This type of a lead brings to the reader an unexpected fact or detail.
What is a shocker lead?
200
This type of a lead coaxes the reader into a story by making them want to know what the lead is referring to.
What is a tease lead?
200
To avoid sounding unoriginal, writers should always aim to avoid these types of expressions.
What are trite, overused cliches?
200
This term applies to language that is only understood by a certain group of people.
What is jargon?
300
This type of article critiques products or services?
What is a review?
300
This type of lead is used with long in-depth articles and summarizes the details of the rest of the piece.
What is a summary lead?
300
Facts in the inverted pyramid are organized this way.
What is most important information to least important information?
300
These remind readers of details from articles in the past.
What are tie-backs?
300
This type of language is overly lofty or showy.
What is pretentious language?
400
An article expressing a writer's opinion regarding the onset of tourist season is this type of article.
What is a column?
400
This term means repetative.
What is "redundant"?
400
This is the direction that all action in photos should be pointed.
What is toward the gutter (the center of a spread).
400
These help hold points made a story (or essay) together?
What are transitions?
400
This is the name of the resource that tells a writer how a publication treats names, titles, punctuation, capitalization, etc.
What is a stylebook?
500
Reviews can be written on: _____________ & _______________
What is products and services.
500
News writing must always include these types of details.
What is "specific and concrete"?
500
Writiers who keep their opinions out of their articles are said to be this.
What is objective?
500
This type of language is offensive to a particular gender.
What is sexist language?
500
"he said" and "she said" are examples of this.
What is "attribution"?