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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
demolish or destroyed
teenage
more than
comprise
2. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
website
Black muslim
biannual
Orient - Oriental
3. For hanging not referring to a person's death
hung
busses
premier
was drowned
4. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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5. Man to be married
fiance
under way
alumnus
its
6. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
criteria
Nobel Prize
imply
fewer
7. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
impostor
subject
speeds
as
8. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
each
ensure
one another
9. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
alumni
hopefully
who's
mean
10. To embarrass or disturb
compliment
NAACP
impostor
faze
11. Means to influence
courtesy titles
altar
affect
lie
12. Means in an exact sense
because
her
flare
literally
13. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
toward
naval
drowned
imply
14. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
complement
over
president
media
15. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
flare
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
demolish or destroyed
fiance
16. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
staunch
troupe
flyer
17. 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
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
compliment
NAACP
founder
18. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
flounder
badly
semiannual
hopefully
19. 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
Nobel Prize
between
among
native
20. 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
Cabinet
murder
marshall
federal
21. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
Black muslim
fiancee
nicknames
principal
22. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
like
hanged
less
imply
23. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
norm
flare
effect
criteria
24. 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
daylight saving time
native
composition titles
in-law
25. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
either
under way
National Organization for Women
compose
26. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
allege
resident
lay
NAACP
27. Means to flow in a continuous stream
because
whom
fiance
pour
28. A person who serves as an assistant
aide
primiere
afterward
native
29. A contraction for it is or it has
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30. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
hung
liaison
hang - hangs
Cabinet
31. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
lie
wrack
alumnus
biennial
32. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
alumni
alumna
norm
33. To argue to the contrary
speeds
fiance
whose
rebut
34. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
besides
founder
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
marshall
35. Means in addition to
among
half staff
reference works
besides
36. Multiple transportation vehicles
infer
biennial
crises
buses
37. 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.
arrest
national
alumnus
stanch
38. 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.
afterward
under way
allege
citizen
39. Extension of time or degree
media
widower
compose
further
40. 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
less
premier
compliment
further
41. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
flier
century
alumna
nicknames
42. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
muslims
resident
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
navel
43. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
except
flair
aide
over
44. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
ZIP code
Internet
titles
majority
45. To be used instead of the sexist terms
widow
further
No.
firefighter - police officer
46. Plural form of a standard
between
insure
criteria
alumnus
47. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.
website
subject
crisis
either
48. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
bad
ZIP code
felony
infer
49. 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
flair
farther
composition titles
50. A table-like platform used in a religious service
muslims
each
altar
besides