The most common structure for a print news story is the inverted pyramid. That means:
a. the most important information should be in the lastpart of the story
b. the most important information should be somewherein the third to fifth paragraphs of the story
c. the writer should not make any judgments about theimportance of the information but should tell what hap
pened in chronological order
d. the most important information should be in the first
paragraph of the story
D
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Internet panels:
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listener/evaluator. What aspects of the speech should the evaluator focus on and what guidelines should he or she follow in providing a critique to the speaker? What will be an ideal response?