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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. Legal term for slaying or killing
Fourth of July
lie
plurality
homicide
2. 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
mean
either
aid
widower
3. A first performance
rebut
primiere
who's
liaison
4. Completeness of process of supplementing something
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
criteria
complement
who
5. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
hung
stationary
drowned
immigrate
6. Physical distance
farther
either...or - neither...nor
daylight saving time
Cabinet
7. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
bad
heaven
Orient - Oriental
affect
8. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
one another
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
plurality
9. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
toward
troops
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
which
10. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
alumni
native
adviser
speeds
11. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
biannual
since
national
12. Individual items reduced in number
fewer
lay
ravage
in spite of
13. Man to be married
Cabinet
fiance
comprise
besides
14. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
email
navel
accommodate
15. Means at the side of
collide - collision
homicide
beside
flair
16. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
national
crises
defendant
ensure
17. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
among
whose
flay
media
18. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
imply
person
heaven
plurality
19. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
homicide
all right
troops
aid
20. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
collide - collision
who's
flyer
sneaked
21. Homicide without malice or premeditation
biennial
manslaughter
beside
medium
22. References to insurance
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
biennial
insure
lay
23. When speaking of an individual
it's
nicknames
login - logon - logoff
person
24. Every two years
which
federal
flout
biennial
25. 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.
either...or - neither...nor
as
faze
principal
26. 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
principle
muslims
it's
allege
27. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
rock 'n' roll
hang - hangs
login - logon - logoff
alter
28. 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.
misdemeanor
adviser
national
busses
29. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
naval
marshall
one another
30. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
widower
daylight saving time
flier
criteria
31. Means to gaze intently or steadily
fiancee
average
pore
navel
32. Plural form of a standard
criteria
on
comprise
naval
33. Extension of time or degree
further
either
on
compose
34. Singular form of problem or turning point
average
crisis
misdemeanor
flounder
35. A picture - a criminal or oneself
ZIP code
beside
infer
hang - hangs
36. Copy pertaining to the navy
resident
amid
on
naval
37. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
Cabinet
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
italics
38. A group of people - often military or animals
drowned
Fourth of July
troop
marshal
39. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
half staff
ZIP code
aid
hopefully
40. A contraction for it is or it has
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41. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
subject
average
further
lay
42. When referring to a man who has attended a school
alumnus
allege
manslaughter
pour
43. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
drowned
aide
mean
44. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
misdemeanor
daylight saving time
on
45. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
pore
City Council
immigrate
46. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
naval
altar
which
accommodate
47. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
crisis
marshal
City Council
half mast
48. Multiple transportation vehicles
buses
ravish
emigrate
whom
49. Not afterwards
afterward
in spite of
murder
farther
50. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
stationary
his
impostor
collide - collision