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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. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
daylight saving time
assure
native
heaven
2. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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3. Every two years
biennial
each other
resident
semiannual
4. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
ensure
troop
National Organization for Women
reference works
5. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
imply
half staff
comprise
bad
6. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
whose
over
her
alter
7. Takes a singular verb
badly
comprise
aide
each
8. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
widow
daylight saving time
assure
plurality
9. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
norm
one another
principal
who
10. To bog down become disabled or sink
president
accept
founder
speeds
11. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
rebut
mean
City Hall
norm
12. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
norm
Cabinet
hanged
reference works
13. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
alter
less
alumnae
comprise
14. A minor offense against the law
farther
misdemeanor
manslaughter
Cabinet
15. Assistance
aid
whose
allege
in-law
16. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
refute
whom
medium
in-law
17. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
crisis
alumna
his
felony
18. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
composition titles
it's
navel
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
19. For hanging not referring to a person's death
hung
flair
national
Orient - Oriental
20. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
insure
more than
in-law
aide
21. Individual items reduced in number
rock 'n' roll
insure
fewer
aide
22. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
speeds
compliment
plurality
italics
23. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
rock 'n' roll
was drowned
amid
median
24. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
compliment
that
insure
complement
25. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
troop
who
ZIP code
media
26. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
rack
biennial
27. 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.
alumna
Fourth of July
one another
complement
28. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
hang - hangs
median
flair
amid
29. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
which
biennial
phase
subject
30. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
who
imply
bus
felony
31. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
plurality
bus
felony
courtesy titles
32. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
hanged
hang - hangs
lay
33. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
wrack
media
aide
34. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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35. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
majority
altar
median
Legislature
36. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
login - logon - logoff
lay
principle
alumnus
37. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
troops
widow
widower
off of
38. A first performance
federal
plurality
primiere
nicknames
39. 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
federal
its
NAACP
liaison
40. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
media
average
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
41. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
heaven
all right
altar
firefighter - police officer
42. 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.
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
italics
less
either...or - neither...nor
43. When referring to a man who has attended a school
pore
half staff
principle
alumnus
44. To swing the arms widely
emigrate
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
people
flair
45. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
collide - collision
afterward
each other
46. A picture - a criminal or oneself
as
refute
hang - hangs
Nobel Prize
47. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
as
ravish
flair
48. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
in-law
people
muslims
No.
49. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
assure
marshall
Legislature
defendant
50. To argue to the contrary
rebut
lay
rack
flare