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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. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
besides
manslaughter
navel
effect
2. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
accept
bus
impostor
3. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
National Organization for Women
hopefully
except
fiance
4. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
whom
hopefully
all right
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
5. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
alter
over
stationary
amid
6. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
faze
each other
emigrate
titles
7. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
national
founder
alter
8. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
rock 'n' roll
demolish or destroyed
composition titles
ravish
9. 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
because
either
homicide
ZIP code
10. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
troop
founder
flair
flounder
11. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
it's
half mast
aide
national
12. 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.
City Hall
naval
Orient - Oriental
national
13. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
titles
national
flaunt
murder
14. Means at the side of
badly
stationery
beside
heaven
15. An aspect or stage
ravage
lay
phase
badly
16. To stand still
stationary
was drowned
flout
muslims
17. Means to receive
collide - collision
principle
accept
assure
18. To change
Nobel Prize
more than
alumnus
alter
19. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
courtesy titles
more than
compliment
under way
20. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
flare
either...or - neither...nor
fewer
defendant
21. Kiss
busses
alumnus
buss
italics
22. Not afterwards
afterward
crises
biannual
faze
23. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
each
felony
century
flay
24. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
founder
compliment
affect
25. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
navel
accommodate
alumna
in spite of
26. 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
flair
NAACP
buses
who's
27. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
comprise
biannual
accommodate
effect
28. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
except
toward
felony
adviser
29. 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
media
email
principle
30. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
in spite of
crisis
speeds
stanch
31. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
flair
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
arrest
afterward
32. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
average
figuratively
homicide
whom
33. One who leaves a country ___s from it
felony
which
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
emigrate
34. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
literally
Legislature
plurality
phase
35. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
medium
federal
staunch
drowned
36. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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37. To swing the arms widely
medium
her
flair
hang - hangs
38. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
in-law
infer
median
marshall
39. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.
speeds
citizen
criterion
Internet
40. 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
accommodate
pore
aide
composition titles
41. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
over
speeds
citizen
Orient - Oriental
42. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
stationery
flare
flay
Legislature
43. One who comes into a country ___s to it
ravage
alumni
its
immigrate
44. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
heaven
murder
allege
45. Man to be married
daylight saving time
fiance
Legislature
No.
46. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
his
on
plurality
in spite of
47. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
flounder
City Hall
navel
that
48. Kisses
City Council
busses
pore
premier
49. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
which
comprise
infer
composition titles
50. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
biennial
principal
lie
Fourth of July