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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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Subject
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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. 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
NAACP
National Organization for Women
Cabinet
either
2. A first performance
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
nicknames
Internet
primiere
3. To argue to the contrary
naval
compose
alumnae
rebut
4. Legal term for slaying or killing
speeds
liaison
bad
homicide
5. Singular form of a standard
besides
either
criterion
muslims
6. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
among
lay
ensure
half mast
7. Means to influence
majority
on
affect
biannual
8. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
media
phase
majority
was drowned
9. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
among
her
literally
as
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
national
Black muslim
except
emigrate
11. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
alumnae
Cabinet
either...or - neither...nor
flaunt
12. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
over
troops
affect
buses
13. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
heaven
flounder
lie
website
14. Do not use the term teenaged
website
widower
teenage
toward
15. Means in an exact sense
half staff
as
ravage
literally
16. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
in spite of
compose
hung
lay
17. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
City Hall
infer
last
18. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
rebut
alumna
each other
accept
19. Not afterwards
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
afterward
among
homicide
20. Means to flow in a continuous stream
pour
phase
stationary
citizen
21. 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
composition titles
farther
off of
faze
22. Means to receive
email
accept
rock 'n' roll
hang - hangs
23. 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.
who
because
felony
either...or - neither...nor
24. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
murder
ZIP code
ravish
her
25. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
off of
lay
forward
sneaked
26. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
firefighter - police officer
alumnus
widow
rebut
27. The proper name for some trains and buses
literally
flyer
bus
like
28. Means at the side of
beside
his
badly
troupe
29. When speaking of an individual
allege
person
native
sneaked
30. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
flier
sneaked
its
31. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
on
troop
aid
since
32. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
City Hall
rack
who
sneaked
33. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
troupe
flounder
compose
principle
34. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
assure
which
manslaughter
felony
35. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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36. 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
imply
semiannual
hung
37. 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
norm
her
median
38. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
each other
its
biannual
medium
39. Assistance
among
Black muslim
aid
pour
40. 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
over
subject
stationery
Nobel Prize
41. Plural form of problem or turning point
figuratively
crises
courtesy titles
buss
42. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
rock 'n' roll
afterward
infer
either
43. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
infer
over
courtesy titles
44. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
flier
imply
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
amid
45. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
rack
last
medium
principal
46. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
muslims
staunch
fiance
plurality
47. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
composition titles
National Organization for Women
whom
manslaughter
48. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
fiancee
Fourth of July
courtesy titles
magazine names
49. 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
NAACP
daylight saving time
ravish
liaison
50. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
flay
troop
resident