The Inverted Pyramid News-Writing Formula

question 36

Multiple Choice

The inverted pyramid news-writing formula

• A) developed as an adaptation to the digital news environment.
• B) tells a story in an entertainment format.
• C) begins a story with the most important information.
• D) begins with teasers and ends with the most important information.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Conflicts

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Hidden Sexual Desires

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Id And Ego

Psychoanalytic terms where the id represents primal desires and the ego the rational part of the psyche that mediates between these desires, reality, and moral standards.

Dorothea Dix

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