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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. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
each
defendant
rack
homicide
2. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
since
italics
ravish
daylight saving time
3. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
resident
badly
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
liaison
4. Kisses
fiancee
muslims
busses
ravish
5. Transportation vehicle
lay
composition titles
bus
Cabinet
6. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
his
alumnae
stationery
Orient - Oriental
7. For hanging not referring to a person's death
amid
premier
hung
marshal
8. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
medium
it's
teenage
troupe
9. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
troupe
Legislature
buss
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
10. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
arrest
navel
City Hall
11. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
besides
City Council
homicide
accommodate
12. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
13. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
each other
semiannual
login - logon - logoff
14. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
Legislature
amid
whom
all right
15. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
titles
native
average
whom
16. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
her
either...or - neither...nor
alumni
compliment
17. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
that
principal
refute
Orient - Oriental
18. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
impostor
insure
navel
wrack
19. Means to exclude
whose
bad
pour
except
20. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
further
flier
pour
21. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
who's
principle
troop
marshall
22. 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
firefighter - police officer
composition titles
Nobel Prize
off of
23. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
titles
principal
person
was drowned
24. 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.
troop
ravish
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
hopefully
25. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
comprise
pore
stanch
plurality
26. Woman to be married
troupe
alumni
stationary
fiancee
27. Means to flow in a continuous stream
website
assure
pour
email
28. When speaking of an individual
person
City Council
troop
naval
29. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
less
all right
whose
muslims
30. Means in addition to
speeds
altar
besides
beside
31. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
flounder
refute
among
32. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
alumna
century
biennial
No.
33. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
stanch
figuratively
infer
flay
34. Means more than half of an amount
half mast
majority
aide
faze
35. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
City Council
media
login - logon - logoff
36. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
lay
flout
fiance
37. 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.
century
website
felony
resident
38. To show contempt for
farther
buses
flout
as
39. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
buss
national
federal
compliment
40. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
national
stationery
resident
average
41. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
in spite of
fewer
pore
alumnae
42. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
crises
alter
Orient - Oriental
impostor
43. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
was drowned
media
comprise
median
44. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
between
principle
sneaked
except
45. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
under way
nicknames
person
46. 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
either
biannual
complement
47. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
magazine names
teenage
Fourth of July
flier
48. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
subject
principal
flair
badly
49. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
City Hall
person
troops
principle
50. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
rack
federal
which