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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. To be used instead of the sexist terms
further
biannual
firefighter - police officer
lay
2. A first performance
farther
assure
primiere
daylight saving time
3. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
hanged
alumnus
as
speeds
4. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
magazine names
principal
whom
nicknames
5. Means at the side of
that
Cabinet
flay
beside
6. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
lay
reference works
manslaughter
principle
7. 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.
magazine names
lay
Fourth of July
pour
8. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
people
refute
over
since
9. To bog down become disabled or sink
Legislature
founder
affect
stationery
10. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
flair
troop
comprise
ravish
11. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
homicide
one another
felony
media
12. Kiss
which
buss
comprise
century
13. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
lay
login - logon - logoff
demolish or destroyed
affect
14. Individual items reduced in number
Legislature
widow
emigrate
fewer
15. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
except
Black muslim
reference works
16. 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.
composition titles
compose
president
hopefully
17. Woman to be married
courtesy titles
compliment
fiancee
impostor
18. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
troupe
manslaughter
beside
pore
19. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
comprise
whose
arrest
Cabinet
20. 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
her
affect
mean
primiere
21. To change
founder
alter
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
under way
22. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
half staff
demolish or destroyed
each other
23. Extension of time or degree
further
pour
media
compose
24. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
City Hall
Cabinet
impostor
assure
25. Means more than half of an amount
crises
majority
century
murder
26. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
phase
all right
manslaughter
bus
27. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
rock 'n' roll
flounder
heaven
marshal
28. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
troupe
its
lay
one another
29. To swing the arms widely
flair
Black muslim
imply
premier
30. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
comprise
daylight saving time
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
either
31. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
marshal
either
felony
over
32. Legal term for slaying or killing
teenage
navel
homicide
lie
33. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
her
lay
who
century
34. Means to make sure or give confidence
bad
fewer
assure
who
35. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
felony
staunch
rebut
norm
36. 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
liaison
navel
ravish
37. 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.
further
Black muslim
lie
affect
38. A table-like platform used in a religious service
accommodate
altar
media
fewer
39. A group of people - often military or animals
assure
troop
all right
its
40. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
amid
accommodate
City Council
alumni
41. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
principle
alumni
sneaked
42. Not afterwards
afterward
muslims
president
buses
43. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
each
like
login - logon - logoff
hanged
44. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
nicknames
accommodate
besides
that
45. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
each other
on
homicide
aid
46. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
criterion
fewer
navel
47. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
buss
heaven
affect
comprise
48. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
as
between
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
lie
49. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
immigrate
was drowned
courtesy titles
Internet
50. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
plurality
troop
amid
buses