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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. Means in addition to
besides
all right
fewer
troop
2. Not afterwards
alumnae
ravish
afterward
alter
3. To bog down become disabled or sink
sneaked
assure
founder
login - logon - logoff
4. Copy pertaining to the navy
alumnus
naval
it's
majority
5. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
speeds
figuratively
courtesy titles
aid
6. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
flier
naval
speeds
except
7. 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
principal
Black muslim
amid
who
8. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
except
complement
half staff
9. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
imply
under way
ravish
10. 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
complement
federal
murder
except
11. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
Black muslim
compliment
speeds
since
12. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
founder
less
average
biannual
13. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
phase
flier
login - logon - logoff
crises
14. Writing paper
widower
besides
stationery
principle
15. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
each
National Organization for Women
whom
fiance
16. References to insurance
login - logon - logoff
insure
except
troupe
17. To swing the arms widely
flair
fiance
affect
assure
18. 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
badly
allege
bad
hang - hangs
19. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
figuratively
widow
buses
further
20. An aspect or stage
accept
phase
medium
Internet
21. Extension of time or degree
emigrate
misdemeanor
immigrate
further
22. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
less
muslims
beside
hopefully
23. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
NAACP
on
imply
City Hall
24. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
liaison
all right
firefighter - police officer
that
25. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
troops
who
fewer
one another
26. A person who serves as an assistant
premier
aide
stationery
half staff
27. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
alter
less
liaison
toward
28. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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29. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
italics
troop
that
media
30. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
crises
widow
hung
flounder
31. 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
buss
fiance
titles
32. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
medium
navel
century
alumnus
33. Kisses
fewer
busses
refute
National Organization for Women
34. When referring to a man who has attended a school
badly
collide - collision
whom
alumnus
35. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
murder
criteria
pore
36. 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.
navel
altar
hopefully
allege
37. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
medium
emigrate
native
impostor
38. Completeness of process of supplementing something
all right
complement
Fourth of July
flaunt
39. Means to make sure or give confidence
accommodate
refute
assure
alumnus
40. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli
magazine names
flay
composition titles
reference works
41. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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42. To be used instead of the sexist terms
in spite of
firefighter - police officer
principal
alumnae
43. 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.
busses
lie
muslims
bus
44. Means to influence
City Hall
affect
biannual
less
45. When speaking of an individual
premier
person
beside
its
46. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
ensure
more than
ravish
troops
47. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
fiancee
troops
hang - hangs
faze
48. Every two years
over
firefighter - police officer
biennial
comprise
49. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
all right
wrack
marshal
compose
50. Woman to be married
fiancee
more than
ravage
as