Writing L4 News Reporting | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 17 Public

New reports and how to compile them and what they should consist of

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What is a lead in a news article? Answers the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how OR Is a long introduction to the article

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

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What is the byline? Contains the name of the place where the story took place OR Contains the name of the person who wrote the article

Contains the name of the person who wrote the article

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What is a "quotation"? Dialogue that has these symbols " " surrounding it OR Another name for the headline of the article

Another name for the headline of the article

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. What tense is the news report written in? Past tense; the story already happened OR Present tense; the story is happening right now

Past tense; the story already happened

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Why are news reports written? To make sure people have jobs OR To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

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What is a headline? The title of the news report OR The end of the actual article

The title of the news report

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Who should the quotation be from? A random person OR A witness or authority figure

A witness or authority figure

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Where are news articles found? On TV OR In the newspaper OR In your backpack

In the newspaper

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What does a news report NOT do? Use lots of information and facts OR Uses lots of words and goes off topic

Uses lots of words and goes off topic

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Which is the best headline? Teacher Tumbles from Ladder OR Teacher Climbs Ladder and Falls

Teacher Tumbles from Ladder

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The_______ is a statement that tells the reader what is happening in the picture. Credit OR Caption

Caption

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Writing a report without punctuation is acceptable. True OR false

False

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Check the punctuation: " Tenty car pile up on local freway!

Twenty, freeway and "

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Is this sentence correct? " She lay very quitely and listened for the bird sounds in the trees.

Quietly

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What must be at the top of the news report? The most important information OR the parts that are more of an introduction

The most important information

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Where do you need commas in this sentence? "The young pretty and tall girl walked past the donut shop the hat shop and the KFC deciding at last that she wanted a burger after all.:

"The young, pretty and tall girl walked past the donut shop, the hat shop and the KFC , deciding at last that she wanted a burger after all. "

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