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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. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
alumni
amid
ravish
crisis
2. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
besides
its
hanged
federal
3. A table-like platform used in a religious service
people
drowned
altar
amid
4. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
figuratively
demolish or destroyed
flier
5. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
murder
primiere
Orient - Oriental
on
6. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
more than
hung
rebut
7. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
media
subject
altar
No.
8. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
troupe
forward
allege
website
9. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
homicide
flare
rebut
10. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
less
subject
further
majority
11. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
like
principal
plurality
accept
12. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
misdemeanor
City Council
manslaughter
its
13. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
all right
comprise
flaunt
federal
14. Verb to stop the flow of something
naval
stanch
majority
premier
15. 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
daylight saving time
forward
website
heaven
16. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
staunch
last
hopefully
premier
17. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
its
half mast
infer
hung
18. When speaking of an individual
her
nicknames
naval
person
19. The proper name for some trains and buses
one another
staunch
his
flyer
20. Means to make sure or give confidence
courtesy titles
compose
biannual
assure
21. 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
whom
accommodate
hung
22. Every two years
biennial
magazine names
flier
fewer
23. When referring to a man who has attended a school
lie
alumnus
as
principle
24. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
stanch
figuratively
besides
marshall
25. To embarrass or disturb
faze
email
median
stanch
26. To argue to the contrary
composition titles
between
felony
rebut
27. To show contempt for
badly
flout
naval
allege
28. A first performance
collide - collision
forward
primiere
refute
29. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
alumni
City Council
besides
30. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
like
lay
median
daylight saving time
31. Means to guarantee
more than
ensure
insure
person
32. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
among
half staff
premier
lay
33. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia
forward
premier
adviser
like
34. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
titles
ravage
mean
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
35. 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
hanged
composition titles
italics
in-law
36. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
flare
ravage
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
crises
37. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
ZIP code
like
one another
beside
38. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
bus
half mast
last
rebut
39. Takes a singular verb
federal
each
magazine names
badly
40. To stand still
fiancee
stationary
nicknames
principal
41. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
compose
flay
emigrate
over
42. 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.
national
flare
Orient - Oriental
altar
43. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
Internet
stanch
president
because
44. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
reference works
literally
City Hall
its
45. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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46. Completeness of process of supplementing something
majority
like
accept
complement
47. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
person
medium
phase
bad
48. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
biennial
since
toward
buss
49. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
widow
flout
insure
50. One who comes into a country ___s to it
sneaked
alter
composition titles
immigrate