Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Final Exam Review

1. Timeliness - The newness of the facts. 
2. Proximity - The nearness of a given even to place of publication. 
3. Human Interest- The drama the surrounds people involved in an emotional struggle. 
4. Prominence - the newsworthiness of an individual organization or place. 
5. Conflict- The meeting of two  or more opposing forces. 
6. Interviews- The meeting in which the interviewer asks questions to the interviewee to obtain information for a story. 
7. Research- To look and find information on a topic. 
8. Quotations- Words taken from text or speech and repeated by someone other then the original speaker or author. 
9. Yes-no question- A question that is simple and can be answered by a yes or no. 
10. follow-up question-  A question that follows an answer to a different question. 
11. Objective writing- Writing not influenced by personal opinions or feelings. 
12. Transition paragraph- Provide a connection between facts and quotes. 
13. Hard news story- States the facts and what occurred in the story. 
14. Soft news story- Background information or human interest stories like commentary. 
15. Inverted Pyramid- A style of writing in which the most important thing starts the piece and background information ends it. 
16. Third-person point of view- Uses pronouns like he, she, it.  
17. 5 Ws and H lead- Who, What, When, Where, Why, How. 
18. editing- to fix or edit (in journalism a piece of writing or story) 
19. attribution- to contribute or give to. 
20. paraphrase- rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
21. fragmentary quotationsingle word or short phrase used by the source in a quote that is included in a paraphrase.
22. direct quotation- the report of exact words of an author or speaker.
23. partial quotation- is a direct quote with some text or words removed from it. 
24. Uses of quotations- used to put words of another into one's peace of work 
25. When to use quotations- use quotations when quoting someone
26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired- to state the facts 
27. Editorial- a news story with an opinion 
28. editorial page- where editorials are in  newspaper. 
29. columns- An article in a newspaper about a certain topic ex. advice column. 
30. editorial that criticizes- An opinion piece that critics another piece.  
31. editorial that explains- explains the authors opinion and explains their side. 
32. editorial that persuades- an opinion piece directed towards the reader to convince them the writer is correct.
33. letter to the editor- a letter sent to to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. 

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