1-28.
To construct a good story, a JO
must take good notes.
Taking good
notes includes which of the
following techniques?
1.
Taking notes in the same
sequence as they appear
in the final story
2.
Taking notes that are
meaningful
3.
Writing legibly
4.
Both 2 and 3 above
1-29.
The climax is always presented
in the first paragraph in which
of the following style(s)?
1.
Pyramid
2.
Inverted pyramid only
3.
Literary only
4.
Inverted pyramid and literary
1-30.
Which of the following is NOT an
advantage of the inverted pyramid
style?
1.
Maintains reader interest
by saving the climax until
the end
2.
Presents facts rapidly and
simply
3.
Makes page layout easier
4.
Makes writing headlines easier
1-31.
The most important aspect of a
news story is based on what news
element?
1.
The who
2.
The when
3.
The where
4.
The news peg
1-32.
What is the purpose of a summary
lead?
1.
To present the essential
facts quickly
2.
To give details to satisfy
reader interest
3.
To make it possible for an
editor to cut the story at
any point
4.
To give the story coherence
1-33.
1-34.
1-35.
The rule for including the five W’s
and H in the lead of a news story
is correctly stated in which of the
following principles?
1.
Only the most important of
these questions should be
answered in a summary lead
2.
Only when and where questions
are always answered in the lead
3.
Either four or five elements of
the story should be included in
the lead
4.
All six questions should be
answered in the lead
To write a good lead, you should
limit its length to
1.
only one paragraph
2.
fewer than 30 words
3.
not more than two sentences
4.
the fewest possible words,
sentences, and paragraphs
required to accomplish the
objective
Which of the following leads
answers all of the five W’s?
1.
Thirty minutes before he was to
retire from the Navy, Clifford
W. Royer, 45, a chief yeoman,
was killed in an automobile
accident today
2.
The Navy’s highest award for
bravery in action — the Navy
Cross -- was pinned on Seaman
Emil James at a ceremony aboard
USS Greene
3.
A Navy jet pilot was killed
today when his fighter crashed
while on a training flight over
a heavily wooded area near
Glens Falls, N.Y.
4.
A veteran Navy diver, Clifford
A. Patterson, 35, a chief
machinist’s mate, lost his life
yesterday in experiments to
make underwater work safer
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