Newspaper Reports

What is this?

• book

• newspaper

• journal

• recipe

What is the byline?

• The title of the article
• Contains the name of the place where the story took place
• The secondary heading for the article
• Contains the name of the person who wrote the article

What does the 1st paragraph contain in the newspaper article?

• Answers the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how

• Is a long introduction to the article

• Has quotations from authority figures

• Contains who wrote the article

What is a "quotation"?

• Dialogue which has these symbols '     '  surrounding it
• The lead of the story
• Another name for the headline of the article
• Dialogue that has these symbols "   " surrounding it

What is added in the last paragraph?

• Extra detail which is about the event

• Related but less important information

• Quotes and information

What tense is the news report written in?

• Present tense; the story is happening right now
• Past tense; the story already happened
• Future tense; the story is going to happen
• Wednesday tense; doesn't exist....

Why are news reports written?

• To inform the world of terrible stories that lead to death and other unfortunate events
• To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally
• To make sure people have jobs
• To give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

What is a headline?

• The person who wrote the article
• The beginning of the actual article
• The end of the actual article
• The title of the news report

Who should the quotation be from?

• A random person
• A witness or authority figure
• A child
• The author

The order of an article is...

• Lead, headline, byline, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, lead, and byline

• Headline, byline, lead, and summary paragraphs

• Headline, summary paragraphs, byline, and lead