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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. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
half mast
homicide
in-law
2. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
literally
flier
insure
his
3. Writing paper
farther
allege
that
stationery
4. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
his
badly
its
flout
5. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
magazine names
alumni
collide - collision
was drowned
6. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
literally
defendant
widow
alumni
7. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
ensure
on
people
ravage
8. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
medium
muslims
troop
whose
9. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
naval
felony
on
farther
10. Kiss
marshal
media
heaven
buss
11. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
drowned
titles
Legislature
12. A group of people - often military or animals
italics
troop
liaison
assure
13. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
misdemeanor
mean
marshal
fiance
14. Plural form of problem or turning point
was drowned
flair
who's
crises
15. 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.
rock 'n' roll
last
afterward
comprise
16. Means more than half of an amount
hung
majority
murder
adviser
17. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
hang - hangs
stanch
alumnae
troupe
18. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
under way
it's
person
daylight saving time
19. 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
medium
afterward
murder
premier
20. A contraction for it is or it has
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21. A person who serves as an assistant
crisis
allege
aide
biennial
22. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
alumnus
imply
president
it's
23. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
imply
native
pour
flyer
24. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
stationary
comprise
plurality
forward
25. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
her
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
magazine names
speeds
26. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
widower
accommodate
stanch
biannual
27. One who leaves a country ___s from it
drowned
whom
emigrate
staunch
28. 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
alumna
Orient - Oriental
murder
native
29. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
compliment
collide - collision
lay
bus
30. 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
login - logon - logoff
all right
lie
ZIP code
31. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
person
alumnae
National Organization for Women
assure
32. To stand still
stationary
flounder
as
allege
33. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
amid
allege
in spite of
infer
34. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
drowned
No.
ensure
daylight saving time
35. Completeness of process of supplementing something
which
complement
Black muslim
century
36. 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.
crisis
wrack
Internet
whose
37. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
subject
Cabinet
fewer
flare
38. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
ravage
subject
in spite of
all right
39. Homicide without malice or premeditation
forward
manslaughter
person
whom
40. A table-like platform used in a religious service
altar
website
magazine names
figuratively
41. Woman to be married
figuratively
lay
imply
fiancee
42. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
flaunt
resident
beside
hopefully
43. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
stationery
liaison
flounder
sneaked
44. Singular form of a standard
rebut
Orient - Oriental
crisis
criterion
45. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
people
besides
premier
each
46. 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.
plurality
stationary
homicide
either...or - neither...nor
47. 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.
in-law
flair
either
website
48. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
allege
comprise
misdemeanor
less
49. 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
either
citizen
its
nicknames
50. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.
president
badly
firefighter - police officer
flare