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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. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
assure
subject
federal
2. A minor offense against the law
magazine names
misdemeanor
media
City Council
3. When speaking of an individual
heaven
president
person
troop
4. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
as
half staff
demolish or destroyed
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
5. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
Internet
staunch
flier
6. Singular form of a standard
criterion
biennial
marshall
Black muslim
7. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
ZIP code
half mast
less
beside
8. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
fiance
naval
demolish or destroyed
troupe
9. 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.
sneaked
toward
badly
subject
10. Means in an exact sense
ZIP code
literally
emigrate
ravage
11. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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12. One who comes into a country ___s to it
immigrate
because
medium
accept
13. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
felony
buss
comprise
staunch
14. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
toward
whose
speeds
login - logon - logoff
15. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
manslaughter
half mast
average
stanch
16. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
murder
president
alumni
17. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
hung
nicknames
toward
firefighter - police officer
18. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
City Council
Legislature
troupe
premier
19. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
criterion
national
complement
wrack
20. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
alumna
liaison
stationery
21. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
in spite of
widow
his
mean
22. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
altar
City Hall
drowned
as
23. 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.
pore
lie
muslims
toward
24. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
principle
rack
insure
stationary
25. Verb to stop the flow of something
City Council
faze
stanch
its
26. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
flare
alumnae
website
one another
27. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
composition titles
City Hall
principal
forward
28. Singular form of problem or turning point
bad
federal
crisis
Nobel Prize
29. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
in spite of
alumnae
who
busses
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
badly
flaunt
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
31. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
over
homicide
principal
accommodate
32. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
email
daylight saving time
speeds
imply
33. 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
hang - hangs
daylight saving time
compliment
complement
34. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
troupe
subject
ravish
ravage
35. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
comprise
citizen
whom
who's
36. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
magazine names
native
lay
president
37. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
ensure
wrack
alumnus
half staff
38. 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.
aide
busses
marshal
national
39. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
off of
century
alumnus
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
40. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
collide - collision
infer
No.
heaven
41. When referring to a man who has attended a school
crises
alumnus
citizen
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
42. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
figuratively
each other
insure
pore
43. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
her
troop
resident
plurality
44. Individual items reduced in number
effect
buses
manslaughter
fewer
45. 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
Nobel Prize
collide - collision
magazine names
badly
46. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
norm
person
alumni
italics
47. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
principle
rebut
lay
its
48. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
one another
buses
murder
City Council
49. Plural form of a standard
Fourth of July
pour
alumnus
criteria
50. 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.
hopefully
under way
adviser
each