The inverted pyramid writing style refers to:

a. Starting a story with generalizations and narrowingdown to the main point
b. Most important information first, followed by explanation and details
c. Facts first, quotes at the end
d. Highlighting prominent sources at the beginning andless important sources at the end10 In dealing with quoted material in a news story,
a. it is better to have more paraphrased material thandirect quotes
b. it is better to have more direct quotes than para
phrased material
c. no more than one direct quote should be used in any
story

A

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