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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. A minor offense against the law
murder
national
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
misdemeanor
2. 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.
aid
bus
compliment
badly
3. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
mean
collide - collision
troupe
4. A picture - a criminal or oneself
its
each other
fewer
hang - hangs
5. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
president
among
aide
firefighter - police officer
6. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
ravish
magazine names
pour
media
7. Means more than half of an amount
either
majority
hopefully
alumnus
8. To argue to the contrary
rebut
mean
Internet
as
9. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
afterward
speeds
between
flaunt
10. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
staunch
founder
century
bus
11. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
drowned
heaven
impostor
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
12. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
federal
century
daylight saving time
accommodate
13. Means to influence
naval
affect
lay
busses
14. 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
homicide
ensure
amid
15. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
semiannual
crisis
on
16. An aspect or stage
phase
naval
off of
literally
17. Means at the side of
beside
further
arrest
average
18. 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
over
accommodate
figuratively
19. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
buss
comprise
hopefully
20. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
marshal
premier
less
widower
21. References to insurance
its
Legislature
insure
affect
22. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
effect
ZIP code
accept
president
23. Kiss
resident
compose
buss
adviser
24. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
email
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
hanged
marshall
25. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
comprise
farther
collide - collision
compliment
26. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
rock 'n' roll
on
refute
lie
27. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
whose
No.
resident
figuratively
28. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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29. Man to be married
flout
fiance
farther
collide - collision
30. 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
hopefully
busses
ravish
ZIP code
31. 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.
alumna
either
hopefully
native
32. 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.
in spite of
flier
farther
last
33. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
titles
alumnae
naval
federal
34. Means to exclude
except
hopefully
magazine names
flaunt
35. Extension of time or degree
Legislature
troop
media
further
36. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
badly
because
accept
alumni
37. 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
crisis
NAACP
City Council
allege
38. The of is unnecessary
semiannual
muslims
one another
off of
39. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
stationary
accept
toward
infer
40. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
demolish or destroyed
rack
fiance
aide
41. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
crisis
widower
principal
City Hall
42. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
buss
troops
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
figuratively
43. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
rack
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
Legislature
forward
44. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
in spite of
effect
courtesy titles
half mast
45. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
sneaked
marshall
founder
drowned
46. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
fiancee
wrack
pour
alumnae
47. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
semiannual
flay
login - logon - logoff
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
48. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
imply
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
affect
49. 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.
allege
biennial
hang - hangs
website
50. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
whom
media
flounder
troops