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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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What is the Focus of a story

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“Main Point” in the first sentence,

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How do you find the focus of a story?

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  1. What is the story about?
  2. How are readers or viewers affected
  3. How would you tell the story to a friend
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What are the basic questions of a news story?

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Who, what, when, where, and why

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What are the elements of the basic news story

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  1. Headline
  2. Lead
  3. Nut graph
    4 ending
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Define Headline

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Line on top of the story that identifies the main idea of the story

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Define Lead

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HOOK, that tells the reader what the story is about

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Define a Summary Lead

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summarizes the main points of the story and what happened.

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Define Hard news leads

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Shorter lead, important info.

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Define a Feature Lead

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A lead that starts with a story or description about a person place or incident.

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Define Nut Graph

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A sentence or paragraph that states the focus

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Define Lead quote

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First quote that backs up the lead

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Define Impact

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How news affects readers

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13
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Define Attribution

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Adds credibility to a story, Where did you get this info? Who told you? Is this true?

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When do you NEED attribution?

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  1. Controversial or Accusatory info
  2. Expresses Opinion
  3. All quotes
  4. Info you didn’t witness
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When do you NOT need attribution?

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  1. Common Knowledge or on record
  2. Indisputable
  3. Background info already mentioned
  4. If you observed directly
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16
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Explain Context/Background role in a story

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Anything a reader needs to know in order to understand, put the story in context what its about.

17
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Define Elaboration

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Supporting points related to the main issue, can be statements, quotes or more detail to explain what happened.

18
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Example of Visuals in a story

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Photographs, charts and other graphic illustrations.

19
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Define Summary Blurb

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A paragraph or sentence summarizing the story placed below the headline

20
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Define Pull Quote

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placed in larger type and used as a point of entry to entice the reader.

21
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Define Facts or Highlight box role in a story

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For reading at glance or providing key points in the story, can include dates in order of happening.

22
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Define Inverted Pyramid

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Most important information first,

  1. Lead
  2. Nut Graph
  3. Lead Quote
  4. Facts/Quotes
  5. Ending
23
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Define Plagiarism

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Copy the words of other writers.

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