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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. Kisses
pour
which
stanch
busses
2. Means at the side of
except
beside
flout
average
3. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
further
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
reference works
literally
4. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
federal
busses
biennial
5. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
altar
like
median
login - logon - logoff
6. A person who serves as an assistant
crisis
half mast
aide
ravish
7. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
flaunt
bus
sneaked
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
8. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
biennial
comprise
rack
amid
9. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
biannual
website
heaven
adviser
10. 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
compliment
altar
wrack
Black muslim
11. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
biannual
hung
muslims
City Hall
12. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
speeds
website
composition titles
Legislature
13. 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
badly
national
which
14. 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
forward
insure
all right
15. An aspect or stage
liaison
felony
phase
over
16. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
beside
alumna
crisis
collide - collision
17. 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
who
allege
flout
collide - collision
18. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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19. 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.
principal
Fourth of July
each other
titles
20. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
heaven
either
Internet
its
21. Means to exclude
lie
flounder
except
whom
22. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
crisis
magazine names
afterward
widower
23. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
busses
principal
accommodate
wrack
24. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
allege
National Organization for Women
sneaked
either
25. Writing paper
further
primiere
ravish
stationery
26. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
emigrate
medium
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
No.
27. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
homicide
nicknames
liaison
troop
28. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
website
fiance
compliment
ravage
29. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
titles
forward
over
premier
30. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
allege
person
plurality
31. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
marshall
either...or - neither...nor
alumna
demolish or destroyed
32. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
whose
magazine names
italics
in spite of
33. 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
her
troops
besides
Nobel Prize
34. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
toward
either...or - neither...nor
homicide
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
35. 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
complement
Legislature
between
fewer
36. Verb to stop the flow of something
ZIP code
majority
stanch
medium
37. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
marshal
alumni
wrack
which
38. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
under way
forward
principal
figuratively
39. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
buses
lay
people
40. 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
magazine names
people
flyer
immigrate
41. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
murder
hanged
adviser
who
42. 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.
reference works
resident
except
last
43. Individual items reduced in number
figuratively
off of
century
fewer
44. For hanging not referring to a person's death
hung
because
criterion
firefighter - police officer
45. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
on
because
impostor
hung
46. Singular form of problem or turning point
that
figuratively
crisis
crises
47. Means in an exact sense
biennial
principal
literally
among
48. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
muslims
that
Legislature
alumni
49. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
compose
average
media
imply
50. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
amid
manslaughter
further
comprise