A copy of your quiz results will be sent to the email address you provide. Please enter your email: 1. Narrative flow refers to how easy it is for readers to move from sentence to sentence depends on more than just dramatic content often focuses on human emotion all of the above 2. The point of a headline is to tell readers in a very short space what the story is about sell readers on the story A and B none of the above 3. Muckraking is a corrupt form of journalism investigative journalism that seeks to reform corruption a way for reporters to defend their newspapers against government oversight none of the above 4. Which of the following is NOT helpful in creating vivid setting for a story? precise details expected details human context implied human context 5. Which of the following should you record as part of your citation source information? Who (author) What (title) Where (publication, publisher, location, page numbers) all of the above (and more) 6. Which of the following is NOT an important step in copy editing your work? fact-checking structural revision improving narrative flow All of these are important. 7. A newspaper editorial expresses the opinion of the newspaper’s editorial staff usually carries no byline A and B none of the above 8. Editorials are usually structured as inverted pyramids pyramids features news briefs 9. A straw man argument is a weak argument that is used because no better one is available strong argument that is nonetheless inflexible and unchanging over time misrepresented proposition that it is used because it is easier to defeat than an opponent’s real argument political arguments related to the straw polls of the presidential elections 10. Opinion columns use a relaxed, conversational style often demonstrate insight and wisdom rely on strong writing voice all of the above Loading …
