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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. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
amid
flaunt
ravage
naval
2. The proper name for some trains and buses
flyer
effect
assure
fewer
3. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
century
in spite of
criteria
medium
4. Kisses
busses
ensure
lie
it's
5. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
under way
aide
italics
alumnus
6. 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
majority
flout
fiance
premier
7. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
except
login - logon - logoff
Internet
hanged
8. Means in an exact sense
Fourth of July
demolish or destroyed
literally
complement
9. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
crises
majority
navel
was drowned
10. Verb to stop the flow of something
Cabinet
stanch
accept
felony
11. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
badly
Cabinet
felony
12. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
people
its
national
impostor
13. 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.
criteria
alumni
since
website
14. A minor offense against the law
troop
assure
misdemeanor
whose
15. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
speeds
flay
marshall
City Council
16. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.
badly
on
Cabinet
which
17. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
marshall
misdemeanor
off of
over
18. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
busses
median
in-law
ravish
19. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
mean
hung
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
subject
20. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
altar
flyer
on
adviser
21. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
all right
teenage
widow
National Organization for Women
22. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
Fourth of July
federal
crises
accommodate
23. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
immigrate
refute
complement
ravish
24. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
website
hanged
emigrate
less
25. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
compose
primiere
it's
crisis
26. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
wrack
besides
phase
27. Twice a year (same as biannual)
farther
semiannual
under way
alumna
28. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
immigrate
badly
majority
29. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
whose
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
infer
accommodate
30. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
speeds
amid
flout
afterward
31. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
criterion
century
who
biannual
32. 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.
last
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
media
each other
33. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
primiere
amid
flare
median
34. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
further
fewer
liaison
City Council
35. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
whose
reference works
on
its
36. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
hung
native
flaunt
37. Singular form of a standard
criterion
hopefully
daylight saving time
people
38. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
average
subject
defendant
majority
39. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
faze
reference works
affect
since
40. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
flair
forward
effect
rebut
41. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
complement
reference works
collide - collision
stanch
42. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
ravage
Nobel Prize
pore
National Organization for Women
43. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
refute
rack
City Hall
Cabinet
44. Plural form of a standard
courtesy titles
criteria
less
email
45. To embarrass or disturb
faze
media
teenage
biannual
46. Means to flow in a continuous stream
ravish
fewer
pour
magazine names
47. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
was drowned
stationery
arrest
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
48. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flay
one another
alumnae
nicknames
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
imply
speeds
people
NAACP
50. The of is unnecessary
impostor
off of
median
people