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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. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
heaven
NAACP
City Council
flay
2. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
pour
alumni
reference works
medium
3. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
NAACP
on
collide - collision
accept
4. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
principle
buses
alumni
5. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
flounder
wrack
NAACP
alter
6. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
ravish
troupe
flair
fewer
7. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
literally
as
her
flare
8. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
alumni
stanch
century
who's
9. A group of people - often military or animals
federal
less
mean
troop
10. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
beside
half staff
compose
criterion
11. 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
between
compose
premier
drowned
12. Multiple transportation vehicles
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
buses
felony
his
13. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
alumnus
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
president
flair
14. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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15. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
citizen
widow
infer
faze
16. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
Black muslim
ravish
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
its
17. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims
imply
in-law
murder
Black muslim
18. References to insurance
arrest
except
insure
each
19. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
media
whose
flyer
20. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.
reference works
italics
City Hall
either...or - neither...nor
21. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
all right
alumnae
like
either
22. Transportation vehicle
either
semiannual
bus
hanged
23. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
impostor
defendant
literally
media
24. To change
his
flout
alter
stationary
25. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
median
infer
biennial
City Council
26. Every two years
each
biennial
City Council
alter
27. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
widow
speeds
Black muslim
people
28. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
insure
widower
No.
between
29. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
altar
aide
national
like
30. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
flyer
ravish
principle
one another
31. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
resident
aid
City Hall
lay
32. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
widower
italics
ravage
founder
33. Verb to stop the flow of something
stanch
murder
his
adviser
34. Means to guarantee
ensure
media
liaison
compliment
35. Means to influence
affect
medium
reference works
collide - collision
36. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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37. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
italics
was drowned
bad
38. One who comes into a country ___s to it
immigrate
its
because
website
39. Copy pertaining to the navy
altar
afterward
in-law
naval
40. Means in addition to
federal
besides
NAACP
criteria
41. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.
City Hall
last
Black muslim
magazine names
42. Singular form of problem or turning point
all right
italics
website
crisis
43. To be used instead of the sexist terms
more than
phase
firefighter - police officer
widower
44. 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.
troops
whom
national
bus
45. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
primiere
impostor
stanch
resident
46. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
since
flair
accept
47. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
amid
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
norm
wrack
48. 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.
heaven
who
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
lie
49. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
muslims
biennial
forward
comprise
50. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
effect
marshall
defendant
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