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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. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
afterward
on
buses
immigrate
2. To be used instead of the sexist terms
firefighter - police officer
composition titles
magazine names
marshall
3. Means to exclude
demolish or destroyed
except
on
criteria
4. Plural form of problem or turning point
accommodate
crises
complement
amid
5. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
titles
marshal
since
president
6. Kiss
buss
biennial
principle
accept
7. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
staunch
half staff
flair
plurality
8. A person who gives advice - never advisor
troops
because
adviser
medium
9. Means to flow in a continuous stream
hung
crises
liaison
pour
10. To bog down become disabled or sink
stationery
fiancee
founder
faze
11. Extension of time or degree
Legislature
stationery
bad
further
12. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
over
norm
mean
president
13. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
stationery
nicknames
figuratively
more than
14. 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
subject
buses
crises
15. Homicide without malice or premeditation
altar
infer
manslaughter
effect
16. To argue to the contrary
rebut
average
firefighter - police officer
under way
17. A group of people - often military or animals
composition titles
comprise
her
troop
18. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flay
naval
flyer
flier
19. A table-like platform used in a religious service
last
altar
over
that
20. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
Internet
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
lie
off of
21. One who leaves a country ___s from it
beside
defendant
emigrate
adviser
22. For hanging not referring to a person's death
biennial
literally
hung
her
23. Means in addition to
besides
either...or - neither...nor
either
Legislature
24. A minor offense against the law
principal
misdemeanor
titles
aid
25. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
affect
login - logon - logoff
troops
widower
26. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
pore
muslims
magazine names
among
27. Not afterwards
lie
bus
more than
afterward
28. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
staunch
murder
farther
his
29. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
among
sneaked
rack
founder
30. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
plurality
forward
affect
sneaked
31. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
flare
Legislature
City Council
collide - collision
32. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
nicknames
in-law
teenage
email
33. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
fewer
further
her
arrest
34. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
heaven
half staff
affect
troops
35. 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.
buss
alumna
national
average
36. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
that
like
flair
between
37. The proper name for some trains and buses
flyer
aide
hang - hangs
misdemeanor
38. 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
staunch
people
ZIP code
forward
39. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
infer
as
drowned
fiance
40. Writing paper
medium
stationery
altar
buses
41. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
off of
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
fewer
each other
42. Singular form of problem or turning point
muslims
flaunt
accommodate
crisis
43. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
hang - hangs
speeds
titles
44. 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
murder
as
federal
troop
45. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
in spite of
one another
her
46. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
homicide
troupe
Cabinet
alumnae
47. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
alumnae
comprise
biennial
arrest
48. Assistance
besides
aid
mean
arrest
49. To swing the arms widely
homicide
Legislature
flair
effect
50. Multiple transportation vehicles
composition titles
homicide
more than
buses