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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. One who comes into a country ___s to it
altar
hang - hangs
Orient - Oriental
immigrate
2. Verb to stop the flow of something
alter
ensure
stanch
among
3. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
titles
which
accommodate
stationery
4. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
principle
less
widow
flare
5. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
login - logon - logoff
italics
affect
that
6. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
ravage
less
media
biannual
7. 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.
last
whom
national
magazine names
8. Plural form of problem or turning point
each
crises
insure
people
9. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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10. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
over
its
marshall
fiance
11. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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12. References to insurance
insure
crises
accommodate
refute
13. Legal term for slaying or killing
naval
homicide
nicknames
Nobel Prize
14. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
since
amid
navel
hung
15. To be used instead of the sexist terms
toward
bad
firefighter - police officer
half mast
16. 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
arrest
criterion
magazine names
alter
17. To change
alter
who
principle
pore
18. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
troops
manslaughter
City Hall
19. Not afterwards
troupe
afterward
courtesy titles
stationary
20. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
City Hall
since
compliment
hang - hangs
21. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
italics
ravage
century
Black muslim
22. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
National Organization for Women
national
like
aid
23. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
was drowned
City Council
biennial
24. A picture - a criminal or oneself
either
buss
hang - hangs
infer
25. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
all right
allege
medium
flyer
26. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
alter
median
fiance
27. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
further
that
staunch
her
28. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
flare
No.
buses
half staff
29. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
its
lie
muslims
compose
30. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
staunch
magazine names
like
either
31. 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
which
stanch
aid
32. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
bad
staunch
allege
defendant
33. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
navel
her
was drowned
as
34. Plural form of a standard
biennial
widower
criteria
afterward
35. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.
aid
fewer
fiancee
lie
36. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
wrack
who
over
navel
37. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
either...or - neither...nor
forward
flaunt
like
38. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
flounder
hung
on
Cabinet
39. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
teenage
marshal
in-law
stanch
40. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
National Organization for Women
wrack
either
41. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
defendant
bad
all right
since
42. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
afterward
complement
century
43. To argue to the contrary
off of
rebut
stationary
criterion
44. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
City Council
courtesy titles
since
mean
45. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
complement
whom
her
like
46. Homicide without malice or premeditation
website
lie
manslaughter
comprise
47. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
assure
Black muslim
reference works
fiance
48. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
as
City Hall
whom
infer
49. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
phase
further
faze
alumnae
50. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
besides
speeds
under way