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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. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
media
affect
half mast
speeds
2. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
emigrate
insure
his
compliment
3. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
alumnae
speeds
compliment
Legislature
4. 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.
bad
mean
ensure
national
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
principle
criteria
imply
between
6. When speaking of an individual
founder
ravish
person
titles
7. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
under way
norm
majority
City Hall
8. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
busses
defendant
either...or - neither...nor
all right
9. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
people
widow
flair
wrack
10. Not afterwards
biannual
who
homicide
afterward
11. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
hanged
semiannual
wrack
literally
12. Completeness of process of supplementing something
complement
besides
magazine names
flyer
13. Means to receive
ravish
composition titles
principal
accept
14. Means more than half of an amount
premier
one another
majority
fewer
15. Means to gaze intently or steadily
demolish or destroyed
because
flaunt
pore
16. A contraction for it is or it has
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17. 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.
badly
under way
alumna
figuratively
18. Multiple transportation vehicles
alumna
buses
less
Cabinet
19. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
ensure
hung
busses
all right
20. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
speeds
either
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
21. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
flaunt
fiance
founder
more than
22. A minor offense against the law
half staff
misdemeanor
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
comprise
23. To be used instead of the sexist terms
flare
complement
insure
firefighter - police officer
24. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
imply
plurality
NAACP
25. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
refute
each
collide - collision
principal
26. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
naval
except
her
reference works
27. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli
subject
composition titles
buses
widower
28. 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
firefighter - police officer
flare
mean
people
29. Woman to be married
fiancee
widower
principle
Nobel Prize
30. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
Orient - Oriental
composition titles
norm
widower
31. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
toward
muslims
founder
pour
32. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
alumnae
phase
semiannual
criterion
33. 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.
which
average
lie
imply
34. A group of people - often military or animals
over
alumna
criteria
troop
35. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
between
principal
assure
login - logon - logoff
36. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
buss
further
effect
Legislature
37. Legal term for slaying or killing
accommodate
homicide
flyer
crises
38. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
troop
misdemeanor
National Organization for Women
sneaked
39. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
speeds
alumni
flounder
premier
40. To embarrass or disturb
muslims
principal
faze
naval
41. A first performance
primiere
principal
as
naval
42. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
magazine names
alter
between
among
43. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
more than
founder
half mast
half staff
44. One who leaves a country ___s from it
alter
last
principal
emigrate
45. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
altar
who's
City Council
stanch
46. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
impostor
native
widow
farther
47. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
sneaked
flier
manslaughter
premier
48. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
lay
navel
resident
alumnus
49. 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.
homicide
who's
under way
Fourth of July
50. Means to guarantee
compliment
widower
alumnus
ensure