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Assignment Questions - 14130_484
Assignment Questions - 14130_486

Journalist 3 & 2 - Introduction to Journalism and other reporting practices
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11–56. Which of the following statements is NOT a broadcast writing rule concerning abbreviations? 1. Avoid starting a sentence with an  abbreviation 2. When in doubt about using an abbreviation, write it out 3. The use of abbreviations for most military installations is permissible 4. Never abbreviate the names of states 11–57. “She  sells  seashells  by  the seashore”   is an example of which of  the  following  grammatical terms? 1. Alliteration  only 2. Sibilants  only 3. Both  alliteration  and sibilants 4. Homonyms 11-58. A  fund  drive  netted  ,421.10. How should that amount appear when included  in  a  radio  news  release on the drive? 1. ,000 2. ,421.10 3. 10-thousand-400   dollars 4. Ten thousand, four hundred dollars 11-59. What verb tense is the most effective for broadcast news? 1. Present  tense  only 2. Past  tense  only 3. Future  tense  only 4. The  one  most  natural to  a  given  situation 11-60. Which of the following sentences is written in the active voice? 11-61. As a general rule of thumb, you should  keep  broadcast  copy sentences within a maximum length of how many words? 1. 14 2. 20 3. 25 4. 40 11-62. Which of the following styles is best for most radio writing? 1. Formal 2. Forceful 3. Conversational 4. Impersonal 11-63. Broadcast  copy  is  constructed  to allow for easy editing by deleting sentences from the bottom up. 1. True 2. False 11-64. Question  and  quotation  leads should NEVER be used in hard news stories. 1. True 2. False 1. The speech was delivered by Dr.  Smith 2. The speech will be delivered by Dr. Smith 3. Dr. Smith delivered the speech 77







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