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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. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
italics
reference works
aid
each
2. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
drowned
half mast
buses
plurality
3. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
her
No.
daylight saving time
National Organization for Women
4. A person who serves as an assistant
all right
City Council
aide
drowned
5. Homicide without malice or premeditation
manslaughter
primiere
allege
each
6. Not afterwards
native
afterward
except
badly
7. The of is unnecessary
amid
further
off of
alumni
8. 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
each other
flyer
all right
Black muslim
9. A picture - a criminal or oneself
navel
hang - hangs
sneaked
media
10. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
effect
off of
Nobel Prize
flounder
11. Completeness of process of supplementing something
forward
login - logon - logoff
complement
email
12. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
native
among
troop
its
13. A group of people - often military or animals
widower
norm
troop
federal
14. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
daylight saving time
demolish or destroyed
whose
citizen
15. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
medium
that
flaunt
arrest
16. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
subject
bus
lie
afterward
17. Twice a year (same as biannual)
principal
hung
semiannual
since
18. Means to make sure or give confidence
assure
alter
imply
century
19. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
among
widower
her
average
20. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
century
accommodate
accept
amid
21. 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
Nobel Prize
compose
speeds
last
22. To argue to the contrary
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
fewer
rebut
allege
23. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
his
all right
whom
native
24. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
federal
ensure
flounder
25. 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
adviser
criteria
composition titles
that
26. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
manslaughter
afterward
busses
alumnae
27. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
imply
half staff
reference works
except
28. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
century
flout
lay
29. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
impostor
infer
collide - collision
more than
30. The proper name for some trains and buses
flyer
all right
Black muslim
insure
31. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
impostor
troops
busses
32. 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.
lie
media
composition titles
alumnae
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
misdemeanor
resident
principle
between
34. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.
premier
in spite of
last
founder
35. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
it's
effect
accommodate
fiance
36. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
troupe
stationery
widower
hopefully
37. A minor offense against the law
majority
misdemeanor
firefighter - police officer
courtesy titles
38. 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.
because
bad
that
sneaked
39. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
muslims
half mast
manslaughter
aide
40. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
immigrate
Black muslim
whom
accommodate
41. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
more than
magazine names
semiannual
42. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
federal
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
majority
43. Means to exclude
except
each other
beside
half staff
44. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
staunch
each
refute
City Hall
45. A contraction for it is or it has
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46. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
Fourth of July
courtesy titles
assure
century
47. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
rack
buss
was drowned
either...or - neither...nor
48. 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
allege
fiancee
flyer
composition titles
49. A first performance
nicknames
media
defendant
primiere
50. 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.
badly
either...or - neither...nor
further
was drowned