16 Questions
What type of news is a report of events that take place within the immediate locality?
Local news
Which type of news is written from a given beat?
News-feature
What type of news is written from a public address, talks, and speeches?
Speech report
Which type of news is a single-feature or one-incident story dealing with isolated events?
News-feature
What is the short item of news interest written like a brief telegraphic message?
News bulletin
What type of news is a sequel to a previous story?
Follow-up news
What is a plain exposition setting forth a single situation or a series of closely related facts that inform?
Treatement fact story
What type of news consists of facts given straight without embellishment?
Straight news
What type of news involves science writing?
Science news
Which type of news refers to a narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts but also dramatic events, descriptions of persons and events, perhaps testimony of witnesses, as well as explanatory data?
Action story
What are the essential characteristics of news according to the text?
Factual, truthful, accurate, unbiased, and interesting
Which element emphasizes the newest angle of a news story?
Immediacy or timelessness
What adds color to a news story by referring to strange or unnatural events, objects, persons, and places?
Oddity or unusualness
What element of news refers to geographical nearness as well as nearness of kinship or interest?
Proximity or nearness
Which type of stories are usually related to romance, marriage, divorce, and varied activities?
Sex
What may make a news story appealing to a particular reader?
All of the above
Test your knowledge of the elements that make news and the definition of news with this quiz. Explore key concepts such as conflict, immediacy, and the criteria for factual news reporting.
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