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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Homicide without malice or premeditation






2. Means to exclude






3. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






4. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






5. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






6. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






7. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






8. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






9. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






10. One who leaves a country ___s from it






11. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

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12. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






13. To change






14. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






15. Means to make sure or give confidence






16. A picture - a criminal or oneself






17. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding






18. 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






19. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






20. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






21. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






22. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late






23. Means in an exact sense






24. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






25. Is the possessive of who






26. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






27. The of is unnecessary






28. To argue to the contrary






29. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.






30. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






31. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






32. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank






33. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






34. A first performance






35. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement






36. Verb to stop the flow of something






37. To swing the arms widely






38. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






39. 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






40. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






41. Kiss






42. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






43. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






44. Takes a singular verb






45. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






46. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






47. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






48. 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






49. Twice a year (same as biannual)






50. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about