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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. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
daylight saving time
off of
sneaked
muslims
2. Means more than half of an amount
impostor
majority
flounder
faze
3. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
pour
stationary
stationery
4. 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
aide
murder
norm
heaven
5. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
ravish
Internet
teenage
effect
6. Means at the side of
comprise
beside
immigrate
email
7. To change
bus
alter
heaven
more than
8. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
NAACP
since
principal
badly
9. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
compose
aide
average
people
10. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
troupe
it's
Nobel Prize
like
11. To be used instead of the sexist terms
mean
speeds
compliment
firefighter - police officer
12. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
buss
farther
italics
No.
13. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
NAACP
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
badly
less
14. Means in addition to
flounder
all right
besides
literally
15. A first performance
primiere
biannual
comprise
criteria
16. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
impostor
felony
alter
semiannual
17. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
italics
each
immigrate
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
18. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
crises
ensure
was drowned
which
19. 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
NAACP
its
primiere
collide - collision
20. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
all right
among
criterion
native
21. To swing the arms widely
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
citizen
it's
flair
22. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
speeds
flounder
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
italics
23. Physical distance
among
murder
titles
farther
24. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
navel
besides
staunch
in-law
25. 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.
titles
website
accept
complement
26. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
alumna
comprise
each other
citizen
27. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
citizen
magazine names
heaven
ravish
28. Means to receive
accept
biennial
more than
stationary
29. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
imply
all right
hopefully
30. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
troupe
felony
flare
semiannual
31. Not afterwards
half staff
afterward
composition titles
like
32. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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33. Transportation vehicle
Legislature
Orient - Oriental
bus
accept
34. 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
alter
among
between
fewer
35. Singular form of problem or turning point
City Council
crisis
his
allege
36. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
since
half mast
firefighter - police officer
teenage
37. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
National Organization for Women
besides
whose
reference works
38. Every two years
biennial
fiancee
insure
flout
39. 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.
fiancee
criteria
flay
last
40. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
was drowned
all right
century
its
41. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
adviser
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
collide - collision
pore
42. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
arrest
native
43. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
faze
homicide
was drowned
last
44. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
defendant
under way
refute
besides
45. 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.
like
Internet
adviser
insure
46. Means in an exact sense
further
assure
besides
literally
47. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
flyer
imply
rebut
citizen
48. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
arrest
titles
flay
49. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
fiance
rebut
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
phase
50. Plural form of a standard
Internet
figuratively
imply
criteria