AY Honors/Journalism/Answer Key

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A '''headline''' is a sentence of text at the top of a [[newspaper]] article, explaining or at least related to the nature of the article below it. '''Headlines''' are usually written in '''[[bold]]''' text, and in a much larger [[font]] than the text in the actual article.

Most newspapers feature a very large '''headline''' on their front page, dramatically describing the biggest news event of the day.

===Famous example headlines===
*WAR BREAKS OUT IN EUROPE
*ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA
*PRESIDENT SHOT DEAD
*MAN WALKS ON MOON

The film ''[[The Shipping News]]'' has an illustrative exchange between the [[protagonist]], who is learning how to write for a local newspaper, and his [[publisher]]:
*''Publisher'': It's finding the center of your story, the beating heart of it, that's what makes a reporter. You have to start by making up some headlines. You know: short, punchy, dramatic '''headlines'''. Now, have a look, [''pointing at dark clouds gathering in the sky over the ocean''] what do you see? Tell me the '''headline'''.
*''Protagonist'': HORIZON FILLS WITH DARK CLOUDS?
*''Publisher'': IMMINENT STORM THREATENS VILLAGE.
*''Protagonist'': But what if no storm comes?
*''Publisher'': VILLAGE SPARED FROM DEADLY STORM.

Occasionally, the need to keep '''headlines''' brief leads to unintentional double meanings, if not [[double entendre]]s. For example, if the story is about the president of Iraq trying to acquire weapons, the '''headline''' might be IRAQI HEAD SEEKS ARMS. Or if some agricultural legislation is defeated in the House of Representatives, the title could read FARMER BILL DIES IN HOUSE.

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