SAMAR COLLEGES, INC.

Catbalogan City

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Name: ______________________________________ Grade Level: ________ Teacher:

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, write the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.

1. This element emphasizes the newest angle of the story. The more recent the
event, the more interesting it is to the reader.
a. Conflict c. Proximity
b. Immediacy d. Significance
2. This refers to strange or unnatural events, objects, persons or places.
a. Animals c. Oddity
b. Number d. Progress
3. This refers to the geographical nearness or kinship of interest.
a. Immediacy c. Proximity
b. Prominence d. Significance
4. This element refers to the physical or mental rift man vs man, man vs animals,
man vs nature, man vs himself.
a. Adventure c. Immediacy
b. Conflict d. Significance
5. Sweepstakes numbers, vital statistics, election results, scores in games, casualties,
fatalities, and prices of goods make good news.
a. Animals c. Oddity
b. Number d. Romance
6. This element refers to anything that moves a reader to tears or to laughter is a
good news.
a. Drama c. Oddity
b. Names d. Progress
7. More oil fields discovered in Palawan What element of news is involved?
a. Names c. Progress
b. Oddity d. Romance
8. Women permitted to celebrate holy mass What element of news is involved?
a. Names c. Sex
b. Oddity d. Significance
9. Robot drives car What element of news is involved?
a. Names c. Romance
b. Oddity d. Significance
10. Two congressmen lambasted each other, ended in fist fight What element of
news is involved?
a. Conflict c. Oddity
b. Names d. Significance
11. What news headline involves the element drama?
a. Cure for AIDS discovered
b. Deadline for an event, published
c. Icebergs appear in Northern Luzon
d. Noynoy cries over Miriams abode
12. What news headline involves the element progress?
a. Janitor graduates valedictorian amid poverty
b. Man becomes pregnant
c. Man lands in Mars
d. Movie star wins divorce
13. What news headline involves the element sex?
a. Nutrimonth opens today
b. Results of bar exams released
c. Senator injured in car accident
d. Woman wins 100km triathlon
14. It provides information on who, what, where, when, where, why, how.
a. Byline c. Fold
b. Column d. Lead
15. This tells who wrote the story.
a. Byline c. Headline
b. Editorial d. Lead
16. This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.
a. Cut c. Headline
b. Cutline d. Shortcut
17. This kind of lead is used in straight news, answers right away all or any of the 5Ws
and the H.
a. Grammatical beginning lead
b. Infinitive-phrase lead
c. Novelty lead
d. Summary lead
18. This kind of lead is used when the person involved is more prominent than what
he does or what happens to him.
a. When lead c. Who lead
b. Where lead d. Why lead
19. This kind of lead is used when the event or what took place is more important
than the person involved in the story.
a. When lead c. Who lead
b. Where lead d. Why lead
20. This kind of lead is used when the manner, mode, means or method of achieving
the story is the unnatural way.
a. How lead c. Who lead
b. When lead d. Why lead
21. This kind of lead starts with a kind of grammatical form which is usually a phrase a
clause used to emphasize a feature.
a. Astonisher lead
b. Grammatical beginning lead
c. Novelty
d. Summary lead
22. This kind of lead describes two extremes or opposites for emphasis.
a. Background lead c. Epigram lead
b. Contrast lead d. Parody lead
23. This type of lead consists of the speakers direct words which are very striking and
which are usually quoted from a speech, a public address or from an interview.
a. One-word c. Question lead
b. Parody lead d. Quotation lead
24. This type of lead opens by quoting a common expression, verse, or epigram, at
least familiar in the locality.
a. Astonisher lead c. Epigram lead
b. Descriptive lead d. Punch lead
25. This kind of lead begins with a clause which may either be independent or
subordinate; or it may either be a noun, an adjectival or an adverbial clause.
a. Clause lead c. Infinitive-phrase lead
b. Gerundial-phrase lead d. Participial-phrase lead
26. They shall not win!
This was announced by Roxas High School basketball coach Gerry Monsanto
when he spoke to his team before they left the games.
What type of lead is used?
a. Astonisher lead c. Parody lead
b. Descriptive lead d. Punch lead
27. He used to be a mechanic. Now, he is the president of the college.
What type of lead is used?
a. Background lead c. Epigram lead
b. Contrast lead d. Parody lead
28. Water, water everywhere, but no water to drink. This was what the flood victims
found in their dismay.
What type of lead is used?
a. Background lead c. Parody lead
b. One-word lead d. Picture lead
29. Who will reign as Miss BSU Intramurals this year?
This will be known September 8 after the final screening to be held at the BSU
gym.
What type of lead is used?
a. Background lead c. Picture lead
b. One-word lead d. Question lead
30. June!
Thus ordered CAR-TOSP president Jordan Cuilan of the College of Arts and
Sciences to start the Walk for Health fund-raising drive.
What type of lead is used?
a. Background lead c. Picture lead
b. One-word lead d. Question lead
31. What lead follows the Infinitive-phrase lead?
a. To encourage tourism, balikbayans are given a warm welcome by their
fellow Filipinos.
b. Champion of District 1!
c. Like father, like son.
d. Oct. 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns.
32. What lead follows the When lead?
a. To encourage tourism, balikbayans are given a warm welcome by their
fellow Filipinos
b. Champion of District 1!
c. Like father, like son.
d. Oct. 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns.
33. What lead follows the Epigram lead?
a. To encourage tourism, balikbayans are given a warm welcome by their
fellow Filipinos
b. Champion of District 1!
c. Like father, like son.
d. Oct. 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns.
34. What lead follows the Astonisher lead?
a. To encourage tourism, balikbayans are given a warm welcome by their
fellow Filipinos
b. Champion of District 1!
c. Like father, like son.
d. Oct. 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns.
35. This is the headline pattern wherein each line of each deck begins flushed at the
left and uneven at the right.
a. Boxed headlines c. Flush left
b. Centered head d. Inverted pyramid
36. This is the headline pattern wherein the headline is bordered with thin, bold lines.
It can be quarter, full and half.
a. Boxed headlines c. Flush left
b. Centered head d. Inverted pyramid
37. This is the headline pattern wherein the headline contains a series of decks, each
line shorter than the one above to form a triangle.
a. Boxed headlines c. Flush left
b. Centered head d. Inverted pyramid
38. The following are articles to avoid in headline writing, EXCEPT:
a. A c. For
b. An d. The
39. The following are characteristics of a headline, EXCEPT:
a. They are skeletonized.
b. They use present tense.
c. They are adjusted to a predetermined typographical style of a paper.
d. They use verbs at the start.
40. The following words should not be used in writing headlines, EXCEPT:
a. Is c. May
b. Lambasts d. Will