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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. Man to be married
fiance
manslaughter
navel
website
2. 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
stationery
flounder
Black muslim
navel
3. 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.
Internet
semiannual
rack
troops
4. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
her
emigrate
pour
5. 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.
people
busses
website
drowned
6. 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
her
murder
daylight saving time
phase
7. 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.
aid
since
national
it's
8. 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
hopefully
infer
murder
ravish
9. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
last
principal
compliment
accommodate
10. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
immigrate
under way
teenage
City Council
11. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
fiancee
median
hung
rebut
12. Woman to be married
buss
fiancee
busses
principal
13. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
adviser
farther
flair
14. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
biannual
besides
troop
hopefully
15. To be used instead of the sexist terms
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
firefighter - police officer
effect
who's
16. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
City Hall
defendant
troupe
17. Plural form of a standard
whose
criteria
flier
reference works
18. 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.
medium
Fourth of July
alumnus
courtesy titles
19. 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.
either...or - neither...nor
muslims
half mast
demolish or destroyed
20. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principal
hanged
NAACP
accept
21. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
impostor
National Organization for Women
half staff
like
22. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
alumnae
subject
pore
troupe
23. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
mean
sneaked
National Organization for Women
infer
24. Completeness of process of supplementing something
stanch
complement
demolish or destroyed
faze
25. Writing paper
alumnus
like
stationery
lay
26. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
lie
either...or - neither...nor
principal
alumna
27. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
century
navel
teenage
lay
28. Takes a singular verb
each
magazine names
norm
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
29. Means at the side of
titles
beside
City Hall
majority
30. Means to gaze intently or steadily
pore
NAACP
faze
whose
31. 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
altar
biennial
phase
32. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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33. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
afterward
manslaughter
principal
widow
34. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
naval
manslaughter
beside
35. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
stationery
among
amid
36. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
average
manslaughter
fiance
under way
37. Means in addition to
ZIP code
besides
affect
bad
38. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
busses
ravish
collide - collision
demolish or destroyed
39. Means to receive
over
accept
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
Nobel Prize
40. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
accommodate
ZIP code
century
alter
41. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
ravish
website
felony
42. Assistance
biannual
aid
altar
ZIP code
43. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
his
collide - collision
who
plurality
44. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
drowned
norm
heaven
City Hall
45. Means to make sure or give confidence
assure
was drowned
amid
composition titles
46. 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
medium
lay
NAACP
Nobel Prize
47. To argue to the contrary
biannual
arrest
rebut
further
48. When speaking of an individual
faze
person
liaison
marshal
49. A table-like platform used in a religious service
president
Nobel Prize
altar
lie
50. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
century
that
forward
compose