Deck 5: Focus on Good Writing: Strong and Graceful Prose

Question 1

Much of the very best news writing relies on ___ words and sentences that readers can easily understand.

Answer 1

simple

Question 2

___ tells the audience who spoke a quotation or supplied a particular bit of information in a story.

Answer 2

Attribution

Question 3

An ___ is a series of three periods that shows readers that words have been taken out of the middle of a quote.

Answer 3

ellipsis

Question 4

Quotations should be ___ sentences so that the words can be understood in context rather than partial or orphan quotations, which are just quoted words or phrases.

Question 5

___are a pledge to the audience that the words between them are the exact words of someone speaking or writing.

Question 6

___, which uses a specialized vocabulary and overly technical language, is an enemy of clear communication when addressing the general public.

Question 7

The best writing builds on strong, well-chosen ___ in the active voice.

Question 8

___words or phrases play an important role in linking sentences or paragraphs together.

Question 9

Good writing uses the fewest number of words to convey a meaning. That means eliminating ___in phrasing

Question 10

___ are what quoted matter is called in radio or video.