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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. Means in addition to
criterion
besides
Orient - Oriental
afterward
2. When speaking of an individual
defendant
courtesy titles
person
composition titles
3. Every two years
badly
biennial
flare
NAACP
4. An aspect or stage
further
which
phase
italics
5. Individual items reduced in number
since
badly
teenage
fewer
6. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
native
Orient - Oriental
troop
wrack
7. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
flair
beside
who
City Hall
8. 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
farther
median
people
manslaughter
9. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
bus
since
rack
principle
10. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
heaven
Orient - Oriental
fiance
hanged
11. The of is unnecessary
Nobel Prize
plurality
off of
No.
12. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
flout
busses
Legislature
refute
13. One who comes into a country ___s to it
like
alumnus
immigrate
italics
14. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
besides
alumna
ensure
titles
15. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
since
literally
Internet
16. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
City Council
its
media
No.
17. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
italics
semiannual
drowned
besides
18. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
off of
her
naval
one another
19. Means more than half of an amount
majority
criterion
demolish or destroyed
bad
20. To show contempt for
since
hopefully
in-law
flout
21. To stand still
stationary
ensure
national
aide
22. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
its
ravish
subject
Orient - Oriental
23. 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
whose
that
ravish
fewer
24. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
national
italics
stationary
resident
25. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
busses
either
average
26. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
arrest
stationary
effect
collide - collision
27. Woman to be married
principle
fiancee
alumni
imply
28. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
principal
who
in spite of
compliment
29. A person who gives advice - never advisor
email
No.
half mast
adviser
30. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
in spite of
bus
that
refute
31. 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
hung
subject
compose
32. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
whose
average
alter
either...or - neither...nor
33. 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
literally
lay
staunch
between
34. Plural form of a standard
titles
marshall
criteria
stanch
35. A group of people - often military or animals
ZIP code
troop
teenage
website
36. Legal term for slaying or killing
alumni
homicide
bad
medium
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.
alumnae
Nobel Prize
whom
national
38. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP
crises
compliment
crisis
ZIP code
39. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
magazine names
wrack
compose
plurality
40. 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
since
hopefully
imply
Black muslim
41. 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.
either
lie
it's
federal
42. References to insurance
ravish
less
comprise
insure
43. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
because
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
magazine names
each
44. Multiple transportation vehicles
buses
collide - collision
ravage
because
45. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
flout
wrack
widower
less
46. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
pour
that
under way
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
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.
hang - hangs
Nobel Prize
immigrate
website
48. Means to flow in a continuous stream
premier
fewer
pour
altar
49. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
like
ensure
Nobel Prize
homicide
50. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
flay
in spite of
its
in-law