ASSIGNMENT 12
Textbook Assignment:
“Radio,” “Television,” and “Radio and Television Interviewing,” pages
13–9 through 15–8.
12–1.
Radio listeners should be alerted
to quoted material in the body of
a news story by the use of the
word “quote” preceding the remarks
and the word “unquote” following
the statement.
1.
True
2.
False
12–2.
For which of the following reasons
is the hyphen used in broadcast
copy?
1.
To help announcers phrase
difficult words
2.
To instruct announcers to
pronounce individual elements
of a word distinctly
3.
Both 1 and 2 above
4.
To tell announcers to pause
a bit longer than at a corona
12–3.
The body of the broadcast news
story may be developed in which
of the following patterns?
1.
Chronological, descending
importance or expanding the
five Ws
2.
Upright pyramid, ascending
importance or expanding the
five Us
3.
Chronological, inverted
pyramid or suspense building
4.
Upright pyramid, inverted
pyramid or ascending
importance
12-4.
In writing the body of a broadcast
story, which of the following
rules apply?
1.
Repeat all names used in the
lead
2.
Give complete identification
of persons named in the lead
3.
Save one or more of the
important facts for a punch
close
4.
Present the most important
facts first
IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 12-5 THROUGH 12–7,
SELECT FROM COLUMN B THE PUNCTUATION MARK
THAT SERVES THE FUNCTION DESCRIBED IN
COLUMN A.
NOT ALL RESPONSES IN COLUMN B
ARE USED.
A. FUNCTIONS
B. MARKS
12-5.
Indicates a pause
1.
Comma
shorter than that
of a period
2.
Dash
12-6.
Sets off information 3.
Paren–
for an announcer
theses
that is not to be
read aloud
4.
Hyphen
12–7 .
Sets off parenthet-
ical information
12–8.
12-9.
12–10.
When preparing broadcast copy, you
should observe all except which of
the following practices?
1.
Number each page
2.
Double–space all lines of type
3.
Split sentences between pages
4.
Use all uppercase letters
When you type broadcast copy, your
typewriter margin should be set
for an average of how many spaces
per line?
1.
30
2.
45
3.
60
4.
75
When broadcast copy is prepared
correctly, approximately how many
lines of type equal 30 seconds of
reading time by an average
announcer?
1.
2 t 0 4
2.
7 t 0 8
3.
11 to 12
4.
14 to 16
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