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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. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
widower
effect
lie
nicknames
2. 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.
alumnus
marshall
in spite of
last
3. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
City Hall
defendant
arrest
phase
4. References to insurance
more than
rock 'n' roll
insure
flaunt
5. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
hanged
alumnae
drowned
aide
6. Verb to stop the flow of something
founder
National Organization for Women
biannual
stanch
7. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
majority
stationery
buses
reference works
8. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
which
hung
besides
his
9. Means to exclude
except
marshall
widower
half staff
10. Copy pertaining to the navy
its
widow
each
naval
11. Twice a year (same as biannual)
Internet
semiannual
resident
felony
12. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
flaunt
bus
hopefully
under way
13. Means to guarantee
primiere
flounder
flay
ensure
14. A person who gives advice - never advisor
between
adviser
Nobel Prize
alumna
15. Plural form of problem or turning point
arrest
media
crises
comprise
16. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
compliment
either
because
No.
17. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
whom
further
amid
compose
18. A first performance
navel
login - logon - logoff
primiere
farther
19. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
its
naval
more than
heaven
20. 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
crises
founder
that
mean
21. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
whom
medium
refute
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
22. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
daylight saving time
national
misdemeanor
between
23. Every two years
Nobel Prize
faze
allege
biennial
24. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
it's
median
afterward
No.
25. Means to flow in a continuous stream
criterion
staunch
under way
pour
26. 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.
pour
website
native
No.
27. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
further
crisis
average
NAACP
28. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
insure
mean
that
less
29. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
italics
hanged
titles
busses
30. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
average
her
between
stationery
31. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
native
accept
principle
arrest
32. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
buss
all right
titles
busses
33. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
alumna
in spite of
who
impostor
34. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
stanch
teenage
because
felony
35. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
drowned
rock 'n' roll
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
figuratively
36. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumnae
alumni
each
flout
37. 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.
crisis
lie
firefighter - police officer
half mast
38. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
on
italics
liaison
whose
39. To show contempt for
affect
rebut
flout
figuratively
40. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
native
half staff
beside
flaunt
41. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
native
since
its
compliment
42. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
daylight saving time
that
troops
aide
43. Multiple transportation vehicles
troop
misdemeanor
buses
who's
44. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
whom
alumnae
comprise
subject
45. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
defendant
firefighter - police officer
lay
marshal
46. To bog down become disabled or sink
crises
hung
alumnus
founder
47. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
ensure
accept
muslims
48. 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
alumnus
composition titles
was drowned
NAACP
49. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
marshall
manslaughter
federal
50. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
resident
biannual
titles
amid