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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. Means to make sure or give confidence
people
toward
each
assure
2. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
fewer
founder
flyer
flier
3. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
his
adviser
more than
courtesy titles
4. Means at the side of
off of
beside
infer
naval
5. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
hopefully
which
compose
hang - hangs
6. References to insurance
over
faze
teenage
insure
7. To be used instead of the sexist terms
firefighter - police officer
forward
over
bus
8. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
crises
plurality
affect
last
9. 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.
in-law
Internet
fewer
stationery
10. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
alumni
native
marshall
heaven
11. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
speeds
allege
alumnae
accommodate
12. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
troupe
navel
that
who
13. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
off of
in spite of
troop
accommodate
14. An aspect or stage
phase
plurality
Orient - Oriental
flay
15. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
manslaughter
alumni
comprise
fiancee
16. Singular form of problem or turning point
infer
its
rock 'n' roll
crisis
17. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
media
criteria
flay
flout
18. To bog down become disabled or sink
less
founder
under way
manslaughter
19. Man to be married
misdemeanor
flounder
City Council
fiance
20. Twice a year (same as biannual)
under way
semiannual
buses
alumnae
21. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
premier
under way
composition titles
bus
22. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
troops
adviser
among
allege
23. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
his
in-law
composition titles
aide
24. Completeness of process of supplementing something
Fourth of July
afterward
complement
adviser
25. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
immigrate
biannual
felony
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
26. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
crisis
ravage
sneaked
compliment
27. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
staunch
magazine names
hopefully
impostor
28. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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29. When speaking of an individual
Black muslim
average
who
person
30. Copy pertaining to the navy
naval
besides
founder
stanch
31. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
over
rack
widower
collide - collision
32. 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.
wrack
pour
lie
plurality
33. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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34. Assistance
nicknames
City Hall
off of
aid
35. 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
who's
semiannual
forward
allege
36. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
flout
one another
crisis
half mast
37. Means to exclude
except
national
stationary
toward
38. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
marshall
defendant
last
fiancee
39. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
pore
half staff
faze
naval
40. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
as
median
fiancee
majority
41. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
hopefully
liaison
stationery
felony
42. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
comprise
because
composition titles
defendant
43. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
its
either
hanged
besides
44. Plural form of a standard
criteria
literally
president
badly
45. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
compliment
which
Cabinet
reference works
46. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
criteria
in spite of
one another
email
47. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.
Fourth of July
in spite of
titles
Black muslim
48. Individual items reduced in number
fewer
titles
figuratively
lay
49. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
italics
defendant
affect
federal
50. 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.
impostor
fiancee
Internet
citizen