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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. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
ZIP code
biannual
liaison
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
2. Verb to stop the flow of something
phase
stanch
bus
majority
3. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
toward
reference works
immigrate
compose
4. Means at the side of
its
ZIP code
beside
because
5. Woman to be married
norm
fiancee
pore
its
6. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
because
compose
collide - collision
on
7. When referring to a man who has attended a school
email
ravish
alumnus
teenage
8. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
like
ravish
hopefully
was drowned
9. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principal
pore
between
troupe
10. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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11. The proper name for some trains and buses
flyer
rock 'n' roll
criterion
website
12. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
either...or - neither...nor
ravish
each other
navel
13. When speaking of an individual
each other
person
his
affect
14. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
Orient - Oriental
flounder
subject
in-law
15. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
in-law
fewer
ZIP code
16. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
felony
citizen
lie
collide - collision
17. 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
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
magazine names
Fourth of July
which
18. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
except
her
criteria
19. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
biannual
forward
fewer
rebut
20. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
navel
misdemeanor
flounder
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
21. Means to make sure or give confidence
drowned
collide - collision
like
assure
22. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
flair
badly
felony
23. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
her
collide - collision
speeds
No.
24. Completeness of process of supplementing something
flay
because
complement
primiere
25. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
compose
which
bad
staunch
26. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
stationary
Cabinet
firefighter - police officer
Orient - Oriental
27. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
premier
its
navel
median
28. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
medium
complement
troupe
wrack
29. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
heaven
compose
hang - hangs
lie
30. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
nicknames
magazine names
flaunt
figuratively
31. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
assure
demolish or destroyed
italics
Black muslim
32. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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33. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
widower
rebut
lay
34. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
his
half staff
phase
either
35. 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
her
compliment
mean
marshal
36. 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.
aide
phase
allege
either...or - neither...nor
37. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
resident
since
figuratively
her
38. Takes a singular verb
National Organization for Women
Cabinet
each
pour
39. To embarrass or disturb
alumni
faze
its
half staff
40. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
forward
besides
century
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
41. Means more than half of an amount
hang - hangs
one another
compliment
majority
42. A contraction for it is or it has
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43. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
primiere
over
National Organization for Women
on
44. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
stationary
citizen
half mast
felony
45. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
either...or - neither...nor
who
stanch
bus
46. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
Nobel Prize
bad
buss
teenage
47. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
resident
email
flyer
courtesy titles
48. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
norm
alumnae
titles
demolish or destroyed
49. Is the possessive of who
flare
whose
drowned
each other
50. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
daylight saving time
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
flaunt
fiance