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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
since
national
No.
heaven
2. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
crises
affect
liaison
nicknames
3. Twice a year (same as biannual)
collide - collision
either...or - neither...nor
magazine names
semiannual
4. Extension of time or degree
website
titles
further
medium
5. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
media
further
nicknames
NAACP
6. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or
compliment
flair
murder
email
7. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.
wrack
mean
pour
Fourth of July
8. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
troops
flaunt
median
email
9. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
marshal
Cabinet
compliment
resident
10. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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11. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
navel
Nobel Prize
City Hall
hanged
12. Means in addition to
buses
crisis
besides
compose
13. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
troop
pore
website
14. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
majority
premier
since
federal
15. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
staunch
flaunt
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
his
16. Means to guarantee
impostor
figuratively
ensure
accommodate
17. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
defendant
wrack
NAACP
troop
18. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
wrack
rock 'n' roll
courtesy titles
19. Plural form of problem or turning point
navel
crises
last
alumna
20. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
pour
as
Black muslim
reference works
21. Copy pertaining to the navy
login - logon - logoff
fiancee
naval
crises
22. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
complement
assure
in spite of
ZIP code
23. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
under way
italics
muslims
whom
24. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia
its
premier
principle
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
25. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
over
each
that
medium
26. To change
courtesy titles
manslaughter
widower
alter
27. Individual items reduced in number
aide
No.
fewer
liaison
28. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
people
mean
troupe
his
29. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
flare
login - logon - logoff
average
flier
30. The of is unnecessary
each other
semiannual
off of
alumnus
31. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
Legislature
over
naval
figuratively
32. A contraction for it is or it has
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33. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
national
City Hall
complement
compliment
34. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
less
each other
login - logon - logoff
stationery
35. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
plurality
ravish
courtesy titles
Black muslim
36. Homicide without malice or premeditation
widower
manslaughter
accept
demolish or destroyed
37. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
one another
person
rebut
38. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
ravish
afterward
amid
39. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
literally
speeds
as
badly
40. To bog down become disabled or sink
founder
because
nicknames
half staff
41. To show contempt for
flout
compose
hung
stationary
42. 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
that
ensure
City Hall
troupe
43. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
magazine names
Orient - Oriental
aid
who
44. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
whom
firefighter - police officer
murder
native
45. Singular form of a standard
criterion
Legislature
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
alumni
46. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
website
magazine names
flay
troop
47. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
afterward
over
Cabinet
liaison
48. A first performance
faze
primiere
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
biennial
49. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
on
troupe
italics
website
50. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
off of
all right
whose
speeds