Parts of Article
Proofing / Editing
Inverted Pyramid
Photo Captions
100

This shows up in the news article after the headline/deck.

What is a subheadline or byline

100

In the sentence below there are 2 punctuation mistakes:

The event took place between thomas Street and markham Avenue.


What is a capital T on Thomas and a Capital M on Markham?

100

This is the style that news articles are usually written in.

What is the inverted pyramid?

100

Captions should not have verbs ending in what?

What is ing?

200

This shows up in the news article after the writer's words.

What is a quote?

200

In the sentence below there are 2 punctuation mistakes:

The city of of Joplin celebrated christmas with a huge parade.

What is an extra word "of" and a capital C on Christmas?

200

This shows up at the bottom section of the inverted pyramid.

What is general information?

200

Captions are brief explanation that accompany photos, which help tell the what?

What is the story?

300

This shows up in the news article after the byline, and is the first sentence of the article.

What is a lead?

300

In the sentence below there is 1 punctuation mistakes:

The dog likes to bark

What is a period?

300

This shows up in the middle of the inverted pyramid.

What is important details?

300

Identification photos tell what 2 things?

What is a name and a identifier (grade, positon, title, etc)?

400

This is another name for headline in a news article (not a caption).

What is a deck?

400

In the sentence below there are 2 punctuation mistakes:

The city of jackson celebrated Veterans Day with a hugeparade.

What is a capital J on Jackson and a space between huge and parade?

400

The beginning of the pyramid will include these very important 5 things.

What is the 5w's (who, what, when, where, why)?

400

Captions should have what type of verbs?

What is a strong verb?

500

This adds personality and credibility to your news article.

What is a quote?

500

In the sentence below there are 2 punctuation mistakes:


Grove middle School held a bakesale last friday.

What is a capital M on the word middle and a capital F on Friday?

500

This is the purpose of the inverted pyramid.

What is putting the most important things at the beginning to the least important at the bottom?

500

What are the 4 things a basic extended caption should have?

What is a kicker, present tense sentence, past tense sentence and a quote?