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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Homicide without malice or premeditation
compose
farther
NAACP
manslaughter
2. A person who serves as an assistant
collide - collision
rebut
aide
primiere
3. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
widow
compliment
flier
forward
4. Assistance
allege
liaison
flay
aid
5. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
ravage
buses
crisis
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
6. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
bad
ravage
email
hopefully
7. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
people
liaison
flout
beside
8. The proper name for some trains and buses
because
either...or - neither...nor
flyer
allege
9. To embarrass or disturb
fiance
faze
courtesy titles
was drowned
10. Completeness of process of supplementing something
complement
pore
who
lay
11. Twice a year (same as biannual)
biannual
either...or - neither...nor
ensure
semiannual
12. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flare
person
one another
besides
13. Do not use the term teenaged
century
between
teenage
flier
14. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
each
affect
heaven
accommodate
15. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
in spite of
on
afterward
majority
16. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
forward
hopefully
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
marshal
17. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
pore
her
nicknames
18. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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19. An aspect or stage
phase
bad
who
farther
20. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
nicknames
manslaughter
criterion
national
21. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
drowned
over
majority
in-law
22. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
accommodate
immigrate
Orient - Oriental
aid
23. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
infer
accommodate
rock 'n' roll
toward
24. Means to flow in a continuous stream
pour
staunch
among
biannual
25. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
that
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
Orient - Oriental
login - logon - logoff
26. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
century
Fourth of July
in-law
National Organization for Women
27. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
because
impostor
alumnae
fewer
28. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP
flier
ZIP code
badly
citizen
29. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
No.
muslims
alumni
that
30. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
flare
troupe
daylight saving time
31. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
daylight saving time
pour
flay
further
32. Means to guarantee
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
under way
ensure
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
33. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
flier
who's
in spite of
more than
34. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
crises
email
imply
35. When speaking of an individual
who
person
badly
premier
36. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
misdemeanor
muslims
more than
beside
37. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
lie
accept
drowned
forward
38. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
alter
titles
norm
widower
39. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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40. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
biannual
flier
comprise
less
41. A table-like platform used in a religious service
pore
ravish
altar
like
42. To argue to the contrary
which
criterion
rebut
homicide
43. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
bad
login - logon - logoff
heaven
refute
44. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
infer
National Organization for Women
media
figuratively
45. Means to receive
its
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
founder
accept
46. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
widower
century
lie
muslims
47. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
nicknames
reference works
refute
aide
48. References to insurance
firefighter - police officer
beside
speeds
insure
49. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
compliment
faze
demolish or destroyed
muslims
50. One who comes into a country ___s to it
resident
immigrate
homicide
emigrate
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