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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 punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
national
who
beside
in-law
2. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
resident
flier
medium
marshal
3. For hanging not referring to a person's death
rebut
fewer
more than
hung
4. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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5. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
Orient - Oriental
century
alumna
wrack
6. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
Nobel Prize
in spite of
stationary
compose
7. Copy pertaining to the navy
over
ravish
naval
semiannual
8. A contraction for it is or it has
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9. A first performance
titles
either
criterion
primiere
10. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
troop
hung
flaunt
because
11. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
murder
infer
complement
alter
12. Means to exclude
except
principle
founder
staunch
13. 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.
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
Fourth of July
flay
navel
14. The of is unnecessary
flyer
off of
manslaughter
flout
15. Singular form of a standard
criterion
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
subject
affect
16. Transportation vehicle
phase
bus
Fourth of July
murder
17. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
misdemeanor
Nobel Prize
muslims
defendant
18. 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.
troupe
either...or - neither...nor
affect
insure
19. To stand still
stationary
murder
flout
homicide
20. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
off of
all right
subject
21. Do not use the term teenaged
flare
teenage
adviser
fewer
22. Means to guarantee
ensure
insure
adviser
one another
23. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
flout
Internet
flier
his
24. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
marshall
alumnus
hanged
felony
25. A table-like platform used in a religious service
altar
since
literally
composition titles
26. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
flare
either
fiancee
NAACP
27. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
busses
beside
muslims
login - logon - logoff
28. 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
stationary
stationery
as
composition titles
29. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
phase
National Organization for Women
amid
30. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
her
criterion
on
troupe
31. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
who's
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
titles
alumna
32. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
rack
beside
its
widower
33. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
infer
either
president
34. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
farther
under way
troupe
35. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
average
widow
hopefully
City Hall
36. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
comprise
norm
alumni
half staff
37. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
bus
norm
flay
semiannual
38. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
allege
flair
between
Black muslim
39. 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
except
medium
biennial
murder
40. 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
widow
half staff
troops
41. When speaking of an individual
firefighter - police officer
principal
person
ravish
42. Not afterwards
Internet
afterward
impostor
Nobel Prize
43. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
fiancee
ravish
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
reference works
44. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
alter
who's
felony
National Organization for Women
45. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
national
murder
figuratively
whom
46. A picture - a criminal or oneself
assure
hang - hangs
premier
stanch
47. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
ravage
website
last
48. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
flout
flyer
lay
whom
49. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
criteria
ravish
premier
magazine names
50. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
half mast
login - logon - logoff
was drowned
besides