Journalism Terms

Journalism Terms

6th - 8th Grade

7 Qs

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Journalism Terms

Journalism Terms

Assessment

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Journalism

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

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Lisa Souther

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Worth a reader's time

Newsworthy

Important

Understated

Concise

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The people who may interact with a news item

Audience

Students

Journalists

Drivers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To Entertain

The PURPOSE of most of our news items

A piano song

To juggle

To sing aloud

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main part of an article is called

Body copy

Five-paragraph essay

Josephine

Main idea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is the first paragraph of a news story, which contains the most important information.

Lead

Beginning

Middle

Headline

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The structure of a news story, organized so that the most important information is in the beginning (at the top)

Inverted pyramid

Pyramid

Triangle

Outline

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

CONCISE means

Short and to the point

Long and rambling

In a circle

Uncertain