The upside-down pyramid — new case — Story Desk · Free Press

A storm flooded the school playground in the invented town of Vila Nova. Leo has four paragraphs. Put them in the order a news story uses: most important first.

Your task

Put the paragraphs in order.

Many news stories use an 'inverted pyramid': the key facts first, then details, then background.
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Score

How news works — You understood how this part of journalism works.
Truth & accuracy — You checked the facts before telling them.
Fair & kind — You were fair to the people in the story.

In real life

Real world: the inverted pyramid became common in newspapers in the 19th century and is still taught in journalism schools and used by news agencies.

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