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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. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
compose
sneaked
national
citizen
2. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
norm
literally
rack
hang - hangs
3. References to insurance
alumni
insure
accept
majority
4. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
pour
all right
emigrate
ravish
5. 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
murder
between
defendant
homicide
6. Means at the side of
manslaughter
one another
beside
magazine names
7. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.
because
resident
badly
president
8. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
off of
all right
imply
alumnae
9. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
speeds
drowned
half mast
flaunt
10. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
it's
busses
norm
11. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
Cabinet
defendant
because
pour
12. 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.
login - logon - logoff
because
hopefully
emigrate
13. 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
allege
who
premier
ZIP code
14. Means in addition to
each
besides
premier
troops
15. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
titles
it's
drowned
her
16. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
flyer
pour
italics
literally
17. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
who
all right
effect
18. Means in an exact sense
literally
italics
either...or - neither...nor
rock 'n' roll
19. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
century
criteria
refute
widower
20. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
subject
ravage
faze
since
21. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
busses
widow
was drowned
alumni
22. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
median
No.
marshall
naval
23. Transportation vehicle
alumnae
majority
bus
who's
24. Homicide without malice or premeditation
who's
wrack
manslaughter
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
25. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
founder
City Hall
titles
alumnus
26. Extension of time or degree
majority
assure
City Hall
further
27. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
president
national
titles
nicknames
28. Plural form of a standard
flounder
affect
criteria
it's
29. Individual items reduced in number
staunch
who
fewer
altar
30. 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.
as
whose
Fourth of July
misdemeanor
31. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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32. 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
half mast
that
italics
hang - hangs
33. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
muslims
pour
principle
drowned
34. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
criterion
over
compliment
courtesy titles
35. A picture - a criminal or oneself
afterward
hang - hangs
average
in spite of
36. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
compose
impostor
each other
was drowned
37. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
teenage
hung
widower
troops
38. Verb to stop the flow of something
ensure
marshal
stanch
drowned
39. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principal
crises
infer
medium
40. To argue to the contrary
effect
her
daylight saving time
rebut
41. 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.
Black muslim
federal
website
buses
42. Not afterwards
reference works
afterward
majority
as
43. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
hopefully
Legislature
semiannual
affect
44. To bog down become disabled or sink
century
drowned
resident
founder
45. 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
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
flier
NAACP
semiannual
46. Every two years
Internet
either
biennial
Orient - Oriental
47. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
either
widower
City Council
norm
48. 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
further
premier
misdemeanor
nicknames
49. Assistance
aid
majority
collide - collision
alumna
50. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
login - logon - logoff
italics
principal
titles