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Ledes & Nut Grafs Quarter Test Review
Ledes & Nut Grafs Quarter Test Review
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Journalism test on ledes, nut grafs, attribution, story shape, elements of news.
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1
Which type of information is most often in a lede?
How & Why
When, Where, Why & How
What & Who
Where & When
2
The nut graf should contain the who and what of a story.
False
True
3
Ledes should be quotations.
True
False
4
Which word should be use to attribute a quote to a source?
says
said
commented
stated
5
Which type of lede is the most common for news stories?
Summary
Narrative
Direct Quotation
Descriptive
6
News stories must be written in...
Second person
First person
Third person
7
Which type of lede should be
avoided
?
Question
Quotation
Suspended Interest
Summary
8
Journalists strive to provide fair and unbiased reporting showing all sides of the issue.
True
False
9
How many words should there be in the first paragraph of news style story?
50
35-40 or less
20-30
30-35 or less
10
Which type of lede should
not
be used?
Suspended Interest
Question
Summary
Quotation
11
When writing a news story you must always check to make sure all opinions are...
followed up on
stated
never used
attributed
12
The purpose of a
nut graf
is to ...
always contains a good quote & summarizing story
Restates lede in new way using different words
fully summarizes the story
Adds details not in lede, rest of 5W's, underlining theme
13
Writers must always __?__ in a news, sports or feature story.
include self in story
attribute every statement & opinion
reference interview
make-up quotes
14
Typical news stories are written in ...
Person shaped style (head, body/arms/legs)
Inverted pyramid style: most important facts first
Wall Street Feature Formula style
Circular style
15
Which element of news
best
applies to this story?
Proximity
Summary
Human Interest
Rarity
16
Which element of news reference geographic relation to location of publication's audience?
Target area
Nearness
Proximity
Bullseye
17
Which type of lede does this story have?
Narrative
Summary
Direct quotation
Descriptive
18
A
void
this lede
because
it's most overused lede — an easy,
not best
, solution.
Summary
Discriptive
Suspended Interest
Quotation
19
Which type of lede does this story have?
Narrative
Direct quotation
Descriptive
Summary
20
An attributions in journalism is... (chose
best
answer)
a secondary source material
a form of advertisement
how articles are written in journalism
an identification of a source
21
Which of the following is the purpose of a lede?
gives readers main points, the gist
Gets the reader's attendtion
main points, gist of story, engages readers
Engages readers interested in reading story
22
Which type of lede does this story have?
Descriptive
Narrative
Summary
Direct quotation
23
Every opinion must be...
never used
attributed
stated
24
Give specific facts not generalizations like; most, many, several, some, etc.
False
True
25
Which type of lede does this story have?
Suspended Interest
Descriptive
Narrative
Summary
26
Which element of news
best
applies to this story?
Summary
Rarity
Human Interest
Proximity
27
Which type of lede should
not
be used?
Summary
Suspended Interest
Question
Discriptive
28
Where do you find a lede?
The first paragraph is a story
The second paragraph ina story
At the end of a story, near the cutoff tes
After the flashy quote
29
The typical journalistic story should have
paragraphs
which are how long?
About 30-35 words
Around 75 to 100 words long
Up to 50 Words long
Up to 200 words long
30
Commas go
outside
quote marks.
False
It doesn't matte
True
