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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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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. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
widower
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
comprise
besides
2. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
flier
who
farther
marshal
3. When referring to a man who has attended a school
drowned
lie
farther
alumnus
4. For hanging not referring to a person's death
stanch
criterion
hung
crises
5. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
Cabinet
felony
among
email
6. 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
buss
City Hall
fiance
7. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
rack
accommodate
it's
magazine names
8. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
his
principle
firefighter - police officer
alumna
9. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
ZIP code
besides
flay
off of
10. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
president
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
hang - hangs
email
11. To stand still
in-law
Legislature
stationary
magazine names
12. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
National Organization for Women
firefighter - police officer
titles
in-law
13. 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
that
all right
email
either...or - neither...nor
14. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
troops
as
aid
more than
15. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
pore
besides
speeds
16. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
firefighter - police officer
ravage
widow
teenage
17. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
18. 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.
troops
rock 'n' roll
badly
literally
19. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
felony
like
homicide
alter
20. Kiss
City Hall
marshall
buss
hang - hangs
21. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
alumna
courtesy titles
further
in spite of
22. 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.
imply
lie
stationary
like
23. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
nicknames
No.
bad
24. A first performance
aide
complement
primiere
flounder
25. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
accommodate
principal
italics
troops
26. A table-like platform used in a religious service
badly
altar
medium
immigrate
27. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
further
infer
because
rack
28. References to insurance
in spite of
crises
firefighter - police officer
insure
29. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
between
who
widower
30. 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.
website
figuratively
hanged
murder
31. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
mean
staunch
teenage
in-law
32. When speaking of an individual
president
under way
rock 'n' roll
person
33. 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
it's
under way
either
national
34. 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
aide
ZIP code
rebut
emigrate
35. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
troop
citizen
ravish
more than
36. An aspect or stage
people
phase
majority
literally
37. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
altar
biannual
National Organization for Women
hanged
38. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
muslims
comprise
flout
under way
39. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
biennial
widower
alter
40. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
Cabinet
liaison
staunch
heaven
41. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
between
collide - collision
flay
norm
42. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
troop
badly
each other
flaunt
43. Man to be married
rebut
his
fiance
bad
44. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
45. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
alumnus
on
rack
alumnae
46. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
assure
citizen
insure
flare
47. Do not use the term teenaged
afterward
Cabinet
teenage
flier
48. Plural form of problem or turning point
pore
crises
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
biennial
49. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
alumna
felony
infer
adviser
50. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
hanged
median
president
email