Reading Check—True or False

After reviewing the section titled "10 Ways That Broadcast Newswriting Differs From Traditional Newswriting," see if you can correctly identify the following as either true or false.

1			Broadcast writers should use hyphens at the right edge of a line.
			A)	True
			B)	False
2			Broadcast writers should put attributions before, not after, quotations.
			A)	True
			B)	False
3			For the sake of accuracy, broadcast writers should include specific figures — such as $398,493.50 — instead of rounding up or down.
			A)	True
			B)	False
4			Broadcast writers should scrupulously avoid the informality of contractions such as "can't" and "won't."
			A)	True
			B)	False
5			As in print journalism, broadcast writers should abbreviate the word "street" when it follows an address, as in "324 Oak St."
			A)	True
			B)	False
6			Broadcast writers should seek angles that allow them to use present or future tense instead of past tense.
			A)	True
			B)	False
7			Sentence fragments are OK in broadcast journalism.
			A)	True
			B)	False
8			Thirty words per sentence is a good standard for broadcast journalists.
			A)	True
			B)	False
9			In the interest of sounding friendlier, broadcast writers are encouraged to liberally use slang and jargon.
			A)	True
			B)	False
10			In broadcast journalism, it's OK to start sentences with conjunctions such as "and" and "but."
			A)	True
			B)	False