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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. 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.
website
plurality
emigrate
average
2. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
sneaked
norm
either...or - neither...nor
flare
3. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
nicknames
in spite of
hung
more than
4. 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.
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
last
its
adviser
5. Plural form of problem or turning point
crises
subject
courtesy titles
under way
6. Extension of time or degree
composition titles
premier
further
comprise
7. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
effect
one another
drowned
average
8. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
affect
fiancee
one another
hopefully
9. A person who gives advice - never advisor
ravage
native
adviser
complement
10. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
flaunt
magazine names
lay
either
11. Homicide without malice or premeditation
besides
infer
hang - hangs
manslaughter
12. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
citizen
marshal
stationery
troops
13. 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.
Black muslim
Internet
its
either
14. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
subject
farther
over
troops
15. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
whose
lie
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
speeds
16. A group of people - often military or animals
manslaughter
fewer
arrest
troop
17. Verb to stop the flow of something
sneaked
stanch
infer
under way
18. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
Nobel Prize
troops
felony
flay
19. Completeness of process of supplementing something
complement
faze
troupe
principal
20. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
altar
troupe
Orient - Oriental
criterion
21. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
insure
rack
City Hall
Legislature
22. Man to be married
bus
fiance
citizen
immigrate
23. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
faze
mean
as
toward
24. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
Cabinet
semiannual
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
pore
25. 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
federal
murder
infer
forward
26. 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
ZIP code
fiancee
Cabinet
on
27. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
troops
No.
premier
refute
28. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
its
widow
less
half mast
29. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
flier
in spite of
average
courtesy titles
30. When referring to a man who has attended a school
amid
alumnus
widower
rock 'n' roll
31. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
crisis
heaven
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
32. To argue to the contrary
rebut
ZIP code
crises
flounder
33. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
beside
firefighter - police officer
stationery
each other
34. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
allege
in-law
hanged
less
35. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
between
which
alumnae
National Organization for Women
36. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
Cabinet
muslims
fiancee
whose
37. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
since
buses
ensure
38. Assistance
drowned
titles
aid
ZIP code
39. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
sneaked
arrest
login - logon - logoff
over
40. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
average
subject
fewer
on
41. To stand still
affect
insure
in-law
stationary
42. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
widow
mean
except
accommodate
43. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
impostor
wrack
toward
nicknames
44. Multiple transportation vehicles
buses
manslaughter
because
troupe
45. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
troupe
president
as
who
46. To change
assure
alumna
alter
titles
47. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
widow
citizen
No.
president
48. Not afterwards
that
afterward
which
arrest
49. Singular form of problem or turning point
federal
murder
crisis
primiere
50. Writing paper
ZIP code
stationery
heaven
Legislature