1. Journalism Writing Quiz Take out some paper. Write your name and Writing Quiz. This is a short quiz with 15 questions.

2. 1. What is a lead?

3. 2. What is a Summary Lead?

4. 3. What is the difference between a Summary Lead and News Lead?

5. 4. What is a Nut Graph?

6. 5. Is a Nut Graph found in a news story of feature story?

7. 6. Is this a Summary Lead or Feature Lead? President Obama signed a new Homeland Security bill into law yesterday from the Oval Office in Washington. He claims the bill will make America safer.

8. 7. Is this a Feature Lead or News Lead? Students hurried up the steps of the White House. Their faces showed the excitement of seeing something important and they did not tray and hide the emotion.

9. 8. What is wrong with the order of this feature story? Lead Quote Transition Nut Graph Quote Transition Quote

10. 9. What is a transition?

11. 10. It is acceptable to stack transitions in a story. True or False?

12. 11. It is acceptable to stack quotes in a news story. True or False?

13. 12. What is an attribution?

14. 13. What are two rules of attribution?

15. 14. Which news element is this? Conflict, Consequence, Prominence, Proximity, Human Interest. The University of Houston and University of Texas will play each other in football tomorrow.

16. 15. Which news element is this? Conflict, Consequence, Prominence, Proximity, Human Interest. Mark Jones was basketball player of the year and injured his leg. He is working hard to make a comeback after his injury.

17. Write a summary Lead Academic UIL District meet was held last Saturday. It was at Barber’s Hill High School. Hector Valdez (Math), Sara Klander (Computer Applications, and Sara Hernandez (Ready Writing) advanced to regionals. Shanna Barton placed 4 th in feature writing and is an alternature for regionals. Regionals will be held at Sam Houston State university in April. There were nine high schools at the district meet.