Journalism Units 3 & 4: Features and Sports writing

Question 1

What do you NOT need to know when covering sports?

Accepted Answer

When is snack time

Question 2

Which story structure starts with an anecdote, gives more details, and then finishes the story?

Accepted Answer

Kabob

Question 3

Which is it: news that deals with serious topics and events, and timeliness if crucial.

Accepted Answer

Hard News

Question 4

Which is it: news that deals more with background information and human interest stories.

Accepted Answer

Soft news

Question 5

What types of statistics are important might be important for a sports article?

Accepted Answer

A baseball player's batting average, A team's winning/losing record

Question 6

Which lead gives a quote from a source in the first paragraph that shows off the theme

Accepted Answer

Quotation

Question 7

Which story structure gives the sequence of events that occurred?

Accepted Answer

Chronological

Question 8

This type of feature story examines people, things or organizations that are impacting society

Accepted Answer

Trend

Question 9

Which lead starts off by asking the read a good thoughtful question that leads into the topic?

Accepted Answer

Question

Question 10

This type of feature story adds meaning to current issues by explaining them further.

Accepted Answer

Backgrounder

Question 11

This type of feature story shows a subject's oddity, or emotional or entertainment value.

Accepted Answer

Human Interest

Question 12

Which score should you present first when reporting a sports event?

Accepted Answer

Winning

Question 13

Which lead starts off with a short story that leads into the topic?

Accepted Answer

Anecdotal

Question 14

Which lead gives a detailed description of the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the event?

Accepted Answer

Narrative

Question 15

The point or theme of a story that makes it different than other stories about the same topic

Accepted Answer

Angle

Question 16

This type of sports article is a report of any games, scores, records, plays, etc.

Accepted Answer

Sports News

Question 17

What should a good sports reporter NOT do?

Accepted Answer

Share their opinion about the team

Question 18

This type of feature story tells a person's story

Accepted Answer

Personality Profile

Questions 18