Warm Up3-19-2009

1. What is a MASTHEAD?
*The title of the newspaper.

2. What is a HEADLINE?
*The title of a important story.

3. Why are headlines written with LARGE and BOLD fonts?
*To indicate to the reader that the story is important.

4. Why should we include captions to our graphics?
*To describe the picture to the reader.

5. Today, President Barrack Obama is visiting Downtown Los Angeles, should this be a FEATURE story or a SECONDARY story? Why?
*It should be a feature story because people are interested in Barack Obama and his actions. In other words, it is really important.

6. If a story continues on another page, that story is called a Spread.

7. What part of the story tells us what page we need to turn to so that we can finish reading the article?
*A jumpline.

8. The part of the newspaper that tells us the date of publication is called Dateline.

9. When is the next NOTEBOOK Check?
*March 26,27