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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)
further
biannual
troops
all right
2. Individual items reduced in number
NAACP
mean
murder
fewer
3. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
impostor
which
rebut
since
4. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
median
subject
in spite of
each
5. Writing paper
premier
bus
stationery
heaven
6. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
alumnae
pour
widower
No.
7. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
8. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
in-law
troupe
hung
whom
9. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
flounder
troupe
resident
murder
10. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
aide
flier
City Council
11. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
insure
flout
NAACP
12. Singular form of problem or turning point
homicide
troop
alter
crisis
13. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
compose
arrest
rack
titles
14. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
Legislature
login - logon - logoff
pore
off of
15. Takes a singular verb
each
in spite of
native
staunch
16. A contraction for it is or it has
17. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
plurality
national
whose
like
18. 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.
plurality
murder
bad
Nobel Prize
19. To embarrass or disturb
faze
ensure
media
busses
20. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
muslims
flare
criteria
arrest
21. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
hung
compose
badly
collide - collision
22. Man to be married
less
insure
fiance
who
23. Means in addition to
stationary
effect
adviser
besides
24. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
media
compose
forward
its
25. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
under way
average
flounder
criteria
26. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
collide - collision
majority
rock 'n' roll
27. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
troupe
like
affect
magazine names
28. Plural form of problem or turning point
pour
half staff
crises
except
29. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
marshall
criteria
flaunt
subject
30. 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
composition titles
that
besides
italics
31. Means to gaze intently or steadily
marshal
pore
demolish or destroyed
national
32. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
aid
Cabinet
allege
refute
33. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
besides
reference works
federal
staunch
34. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
since
figuratively
between
all right
35. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
because
hanged
all right
bad
36. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
president
all right
staunch
majority
37. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
italics
phase
premier
allege
38. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
39. Means in an exact sense
over
accommodate
literally
naval
40. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
alumnus
accept
media
hanged
41. 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.
flair
City Hall
whom
badly
42. Not afterwards
afterward
all right
figuratively
flair
43. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
flounder
more than
medium
half mast
44. References to insurance
stationery
its
median
insure
45. Means to flow in a continuous stream
compose
pour
aide
homicide
46. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
more than
less
resident
immigrate
47. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
one another
bad
aide
comprise
48. To argue to the contrary
alumnae
flounder
rebut
composition titles
49. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
last
among
titles
medium
50. Assistance
aid
crisis
firefighter - police officer
reference works