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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. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
over
hopefully
City Hall
it's
2. Do not use the term teenaged
under way
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
No.
teenage
3. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
buses
who
affect
heaven
4. Individual items reduced in number
assure
amid
bus
fewer
5. Takes a singular verb
except
flounder
NAACP
each
6. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
marshal
flaunt
defendant
bus
7. Plural form of a standard
in-law
fewer
who's
criteria
8. Homicide without malice or premeditation
subject
navel
manslaughter
flout
9. One who leaves a country ___s from it
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
emigrate
fiancee
ensure
10. Completeness of process of supplementing something
lie
complement
norm
flaunt
11. 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
website
Black muslim
hung
one another
12. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
hung
accept
liaison
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
13. 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.
alumnae
Internet
stationery
criterion
14. 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.
average
altar
insure
citizen
15. Means in addition to
except
besides
troupe
stationery
16. Means in an exact sense
staunch
literally
because
impostor
17. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
drowned
who
crises
collide - collision
18. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
like
less
manslaughter
alumnae
19. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or
century
flair
hanged
murder
20. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
alter
criteria
media
principal
21. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
magazine names
off of
marshall
hanged
22. 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.
City Council
among
majority
either...or - neither...nor
23. To be used instead of the sexist terms
firefighter - police officer
criterion
bus
teenage
24. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
figuratively
its
like
besides
25. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
primiere
as
teenage
26. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
native
federal
national
flier
27. 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
media
resident
which
Nobel Prize
28. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
who
flier
which
titles
29. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
fewer
insure
more than
native
30. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
federal
teenage
widower
heaven
31. 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.
in spite of
semiannual
national
media
32. References to insurance
daylight saving time
under way
insure
hung
33. Assistance
as
semiannual
murder
aid
34. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
his
who's
flounder
assure
35. Legal term for slaying or killing
subject
homicide
flaunt
email
36. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
her
figuratively
widower
37. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
stanch
toward
in spite of
alumnus
38. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
staunch
medium
average
login - logon - logoff
39. Plural form of problem or turning point
president
average
either...or - neither...nor
crises
40. Means to flow in a continuous stream
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
pour
whom
stanch
41. One who comes into a country ___s to it
bus
widow
immigrate
over
42. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
each
hanged
mean
43. 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
on
that
who's
naval
44. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
half mast
median
person
ZIP code
45. 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.
flyer
Fourth of July
flair
farther
46. The proper name for some trains and buses
alumnus
comprise
criteria
flyer
47. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
beside
manslaughter
plurality
48. To stand still
stationary
impostor
Legislature
alter
49. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
like
troops
flout
century
50. A group of people - often military or animals
flounder
stationery
troop
widow