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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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Subject
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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. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
marshall
on
flay
Cabinet
2. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
president
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
federal
crisis
3. Singular form of a standard
NAACP
demolish or destroyed
criterion
medium
4. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
composition titles
accommodate
pore
5. Completeness of process of supplementing something
ravish
City Hall
complement
media
6. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
further
lie
firefighter - police officer
flay
7. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
afterward
ravage
rebut
either...or - neither...nor
8. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
rack
alter
alumnae
marshall
9. Assistance
adviser
aid
courtesy titles
italics
10. Means to gaze intently or steadily
since
half staff
aide
pore
11. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
half staff
No.
all right
mean
12. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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13. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
principal
collide - collision
under way
marshal
14. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
whose
toward
comprise
murder
15. Means to guarantee
under way
ensure
plurality
bad
16. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
phase
effect
courtesy titles
each other
17. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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18. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
courtesy titles
crises
widower
19. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
reference works
aid
defendant
figuratively
20. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
who's
each other
hanged
pore
21. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
faze
marshal
stationary
refute
22. Writing paper
bad
buses
insure
stationery
23. Copy pertaining to the navy
that
resident
figuratively
naval
24. Singular form of problem or turning point
drowned
navel
crisis
widower
25. An aspect or stage
hopefully
staunch
compliment
phase
26. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
resident
whom
flout
heaven
27. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
either...or - neither...nor
because
altar
28. Kisses
login - logon - logoff
navel
busses
founder
29. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
was drowned
all right
phase
30. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
median
liaison
website
beside
31. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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32. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
accept
rock 'n' roll
forward
33. Multiple transportation vehicles
her
buses
person
ensure
34. Woman to be married
in spite of
City Council
fiancee
Black muslim
35. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
half staff
flounder
because
36. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
norm
comprise
italics
that
37. Verb to stop the flow of something
stanch
president
NAACP
alumnae
38. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
troupe
forward
widow
flyer
39. One who leaves a country ___s from it
ravage
president
emigrate
besides
40. A first performance
primiere
alumnae
immigrate
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
41. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
accept
alumnae
drowned
bad
42. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
No.
altar
because
among
43. A picture - a criminal or oneself
misdemeanor
rock 'n' roll
hang - hangs
widower
44. Means in addition to
rock 'n' roll
rebut
widower
besides
45. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
principle
marshall
emigrate
whose
46. The of is unnecessary
amid
widow
flier
off of
47. When speaking of an individual
nicknames
person
as
farther
48. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
semiannual
primiere
whom
average
49. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
on
nicknames
either
flounder
50. 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
adviser
arrest
stanch
troupe