Exam 10: Writing for Traditional Print News Products

What elements are included in the expanded pyramid style of writing?

Print-style writing, which is used in traditional publications and on many journalism-based websites, relies heavily on the inverted-pyramid structure.

The preferred verb of attribution in all direct and indirect quotes is ______, as it is nonjudgmental and easy to prove.

Where do you use paraphrase-quote pairings in an article?

You should consider the first third of the story as the beginning instead of just the first paragraph.

Print style writing, which is used in traditional publications and on many journalism-based websites, relies heavily on ______.

List and describe some of the main characteristics of print-style writing.

The ______ paragraph is where you decide how best to move your readers from the lead into the rest of the story.

The ______ of the expanded inverted-pyramid story should continue to be a single sentence, 25-35 words, that captures as many of the 5W's and 1H as possible.

In a case where you have a quote with multiple sentences, place the attribution ______ the first full sentence of the quote.

Print style writing requires you to write in ______ paragraphs than you are used to.

The print-style writing approach uses paragraphs of five to six sentences each.

When and how do you use attributions?

The last paragraph is where you decide how best to move your readers from the lead into the rest of the story.

The lead of the expanded inverted-pyramid story should be a single sentence, 25-35 words, that captures as much of the 5W's and 1H as possible.

Indirect quotes are taken from the source's mouth, word-for-word, and placed into your writing.

Paraphrase mixes direct and indirect styles of quoting so you can place emphasis on a key element of a statement a source made.

It's not important for the end of your story to provide closure.

The ______ can identify any of the W's or the H that don't show up in the lead but that need immediate attention.

A(n) ______ allows you to crunch the interview down into a sentence or two and then attribute the information to your source.