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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. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
alter
marshall
alumnus
accept
2. The of is unnecessary
widower
was drowned
alumna
off of
3. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
wrack
allege
toward
City Hall
4. A picture - a criminal or oneself
since
hang - hangs
flounder
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
5. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
his
off of
in-law
complement
6. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
murder
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
troops
national
7. Means to make sure or give confidence
principal
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
assure
among
8. Extension of time or degree
biannual
further
Nobel Prize
either...or - neither...nor
9. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
italics
insure
stationary
rock 'n' roll
10. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
pore
hanged
crises
flaunt
11. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
afterward
defendant
widower
ravish
12. To bog down become disabled or sink
fiancee
founder
stationary
alter
13. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
her
reference works
person
figuratively
14. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
ZIP code
forward
compose
among
15. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
teenage
alumnae
accommodate
16. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
that
refute
biannual
17. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
alumnae
like
alumna
effect
18. One who comes into a country ___s to it
adviser
flounder
immigrate
aide
19. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
demolish or destroyed
fewer
felony
flier
20. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
median
forward
hanged
nicknames
21. To show contempt for
website
flout
besides
muslims
22. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
president
firefighter - police officer
principle
23. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
founder
hopefully
felony
24. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
in spite of
was drowned
collide - collision
magazine names
25. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
who's
pore
impostor
City Council
26. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
toward
alter
either
amid
27. References to insurance
courtesy titles
insure
less
complement
28. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
compliment
reference works
manslaughter
drowned
29. Means to receive
italics
accept
troop
among
30. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
because
person
accommodate
founder
31. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.
more than
daylight saving time
website
whose
32. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.
arrest
Internet
hung
in spite of
33. A contraction for it is or it has
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34. Means at the side of
half staff
forward
average
beside
35. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
native
president
compose
biannual
36. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
flout
flounder
sneaked
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
37. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
City Council
crises
under way
as
38. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
teenage
biennial
NAACP
hang - hangs
39. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.
lie
that
flay
stationary
40. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
primiere
misdemeanor
average
collide - collision
41. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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42. A group of people - often military or animals
under way
citizen
widower
troop
43. Not afterwards
flounder
fiancee
afterward
principle
44. A minor offense against the law
bus
misdemeanor
teenage
ravish
45. To be used instead of the sexist terms
medium
farther
firefighter - police officer
compose
46. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
criteria
Black muslim
native
navel
47. Legal term for slaying or killing
Internet
homicide
century
plurality
48. A person who gives advice - never advisor
federal
adviser
ravish
one another
49. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
people
except
staunch
under way
50. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
semiannual
president
faze
troupe