Headline Writing

What is a headline?

• The subheading of a news story.

• The conclusion of a news article.

• The title of a news article.

What is one purpose of a headline?

• To inform readers who the author is

• Provides important graphic design element

• To tell the reader when the article was published

You should replace "and" with a comma.

• True

• False

What is one purpose of a headline?

• May summarize the story

• To conclude a story

• To persuade the reader

What is one purpose of a headline?

• To provide details about the story

• To grab the readers attention

• To

You should spell out the numbers in a headline.

• True

• False

When writing a headline you should only use easily recognizable abbreviations.

• True

• False

You should keep your headline short.

• True

• False

You should show opinion in a headline.

• True

• False

You should use articles like"an", "a", and "the" when writing headlines.

• True

• False