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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. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
subject
marshall
titles
beside
2. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
fewer
impostor
firefighter - police officer
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
3. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
website
Cabinet
like
faze
4. Homicide without malice or premeditation
pore
manslaughter
muslims
hang - hangs
5. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
defendant
either
buses
heaven
6. Means at the side of
lay
stationery
beside
No.
7. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
one another
felony
heaven
flare
8. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
all right
one another
drowned
complement
9. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
primiere
subject
over
10. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
Internet
since
alumni
further
11. 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
rebut
Nobel Prize
whom
drowned
12. Not afterwards
accept
in-law
afterward
century
13. To embarrass or disturb
felony
infer
faze
century
14. 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
which
insure
affect
impostor
15. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
president
beside
No.
in spite of
16. Means to influence
affect
amid
accept
principal
17. When speaking of an individual
assure
person
fiance
less
18. 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
liaison
daylight saving time
except
either
19. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
people
fiance
half staff
century
20. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
accommodate
because
stationary
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
21. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
flare
subject
average
people
22. 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.
lie
naval
was drowned
flounder
23. 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
pore
flout
compose
daylight saving time
24. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
comprise
City Council
navel
stationary
25. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
Fourth of July
biannual
Cabinet
hanged
26. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
subject
infer
alumnae
misdemeanor
27. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
over
medium
busses
mean
28. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
each
whom
aid
who
29. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
norm
stationary
national
lay
30. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
arrest
infer
native
31. References to insurance
insure
rack
either...or - neither...nor
firefighter - police officer
32. Is the possessive of who
premier
either
whose
rack
33. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
under way
emigrate
was drowned
each other
34. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
lay
stationery
manslaughter
each other
35. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
its
complement
NAACP
since
36. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
murder
pour
immigrate
37. The of is unnecessary
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
widow
hung
off of
38. One who comes into a country ___s to it
demolish or destroyed
half mast
either
immigrate
39. A picture - a criminal or oneself
last
majority
beside
hang - hangs
40. Takes a singular verb
Cabinet
hang - hangs
muslims
each
41. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
hung
media
in-law
alumnae
42. Multiple transportation vehicles
semiannual
misdemeanor
buses
daylight saving time
43. 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
Cabinet
stationary
busses
44. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
person
among
flaunt
further
45. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
flaunt
native
speeds
majority
46. Extension of time or degree
further
infer
crises
immigrate
47. Completeness of process of supplementing something
alumna
complement
courtesy titles
under way
48. 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
City Hall
alumna
troop
people
49. A first performance
in-law
flair
who's
primiere
50. Assistance
accept
federal
defendant
aid