Tabloid or Broadsheet

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

I enjoy reporting on scandalous celebrity stories. What am I?

Broadsheet

Tabloid

Another type of newspaper

Narrowsheet

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

I may refer to myself as 'quality press' because my stories contain longer sentences and contain a developed use of vocabulary. What am I?

Stamp

Tabloid

Broadsheet

None of the above

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Some newspapers have a particular point of view which might affect how they report events in the news.

True

I don't know

False

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Long, complex and detailed sentences are common in which type of newspaper

Narrowsheet

Tabloid

It isn't common at all

Broadsheet

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Newspapers will have a snappy headline to...

Stop their readers' from buying their newspaer

Take up more space on the page

Grab their readers' attention

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tabloid newspapers use sub-headings to break up the text and entice the reader with emotive language like 'shocking' and 'outrage', etc.

False

True

I don't know

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Newspapers are written using

Colloquial language

Abbreviations

Standard English

None of the above

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Newspapers may use a play on words for their headlines. This is called a...

Nothing

Spelling error

Pun

Repitition

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

My pictures dominate the whole newspaper; they are often unflattering. Who am I?

I don't know

Broadsheet

Narrowsheet

Tabloid

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

I love being biased and using lots of emotive language to draw in my readers. What am I?

Narrowsheet

Tabloid

Broadsheet

None of the above

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tabloids and broadsheets are an example of...

Fiction

Poems

Non-fiction texts

Letters to the public

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Journalists have to put a lot of information into their first paragraph, as this might be the only one read by their audience. When writing an article your opening paragraph should try to address...

Why the article has been writing

The article on the following page

The meaning of the article

Who? What? When? Where? How?

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