A copy of your quiz results will be sent to the email address you provide. Please enter your email: 1. A good Byline story should be new to most readers interesting relevant all of the above 2. Most newspaper stories are written in present tense past tense present perfect continuous future tense 3. Journalistic style is characterized by newsworthiness and slant accuracy, objectivity, and clarity dramatic prose A and C 4. Which of the following does NOT help create a colorful, clear style? precise nouns strong verbs passive voice short sentences 5. Which of Kipling’s serving men is most important in a news story? who what how depending on the story, any of the six elements can be more important than the others 6. To recreate a human personality in a short space, capture the person’s physical description and occupation occupation and hobby public mask and hidden secret thoughts and feelings 7. Lead (or Lede) can be described as a tip for an interesting news story the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article a source of important information for a story the most important element in a feature 8. A clerihew is a short, funny poem about a famous person a slang term for a run-on sentence any aspect of a story that’s difficult to uncover a popular font used in print media 9. Studying poetry can help instill the value of symbols, emotions, and contrasts that don’t fit a neat logical order rhyme schemes that make some words more important than others strong, focused images A and C 10. Chronojournalists write about watches and clocks report on relevant stories from the past always wear fedoras are necessary to the operation of any big city newspaper Loading …
