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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Fourth Semester Career Related B.A. Degree Examination, June 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Complementary Course: English II
AUEN431: English for the Media
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. What is a quotation lead
2. What does the term Transmission Period mean
3. What is a Slot
4. Explain the term Pan.
5. What are e newspapers
6. What does the term stand for
7. Define Advertising.
8. What is Cinema Verite
9. What is meant by Media Convergence
10. Explain the term Slant.
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. What is a Lead Story
12. What is a Shooting Script
13. Explain Commissioning Brief.
14. Explain the Hour Glass Style of writing.
15. What is a Documentary Give an example.
16. What is the role of a topic sentence in Radio news Give an example.
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17. Differentiate between Headlines and Blurbs.
18. What is an e magazine Give 2 examples.
19. What is an Op Ed
20. What are the different kinds of Radio interviews
21. What are the features of Posters
22. Create a logline for a popular film of your choice. Note down the title of the film.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. What are the factors that determine the newsworthiness of a story
24. Use of language devices in advertisements.
25. Enumerate on the role of an online editor.
26. What is a screenplay Mention at least 6 terms that would be used while writing a screenplay.
27. Guidelines to be kept in mind while writing headlines for the print media.
28. Elaborate on the use of Language and tenses in Radio programming.
29. Inverted Pyramid Structure.
30. What are blogs What are the different kinds of blogs
31. Elucidate on the art of writing TV news copy and the language of television news.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Write a script for a single session of a 30 minutes long music based phone in programme broadcast on Radio in the evening. From the script, the theme, style, intended audience etc. of the show must be evident.
33. Briefly discuss the various parts of a news story. Describe in detail the different types of Leads. What are the points to be remembered while writing Leads
34. Writing for the web entails a different set of challenges when compared to the print media. Comment on the statement and explain the guidelines to be followed while writing for the web.
35. Television provides a variety of programmes. Give an overview of the same and comment on the use of language in these programmes.
15 30 Marks)