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Identify the Central Point
Write Inverted Pyramid
Write the body of stories
Vocab
Fill in the Blank
100
Supplies a twist
What is The surprise lead
100
Are news agencies that send out sycicated news items to media by means of telephone wires or satellites.
What is wire services
100
Storytelling style
What is narrative style
100
A combination of the inverted pyramid and narrative style
What is hourglass style
100
Fill in the blank: The ______ is the beginning of the story.
What is lead
200
Tells readers to do something
What is Direct address lead
200
Fill in the blank: Use ______ sparingly
What is adverbs
200
The bottom of the story
What is The narrative
200
Storytelling style
What is narrative style
200
Fill in the blank: The _______ is the first paragraph of a news story.
What is summary lead
300
Asks the reader a direct question
What is question lead
300
Fill in the blank: Use _____ verbs
What is active
300
The beginning of the story
What is the top
300
This is a paragraph that states the central point of the story
What is nut graph
300
Fill in the blank: __________ is an exercise many professional writers employ to move the ideas in their heads onto the screen or paper.
What is free writing
400
Allows the writer to become a storyteller and hint at interesting things to come.
What is descriptive lead
400
Also known as AP style.
What is Associated Press style
400
Trasition paragraph
What is the turn
400
The conclusion
What is kicker
400
Fill in the blank: Most news stories are written using the ________ format.
What is invered pyramid
500
Is the most important piece of information the writer wants to get across to the reader.
What is the central point
500
A traditional way of setting newspaper types for printing
What is linotype
500
A combination of the inverted pyramid and narrative style.
What is hourglass style.
500
what where when why who and how
What is five w's and h
500
Fill in the blank: An operator sat by a keyboard at the Linotype machine and operated the machine to produce the ____ or text.
What is copy