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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 before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
buss
badly
NAACP
on
2. Plural form of a standard
criteria
hopefully
either...or - neither...nor
navel
3. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
citizen
either...or - neither...nor
besides
4. Means in addition to
his
troupe
besides
buses
5. Takes a singular verb
troops
NAACP
each
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
6. Verb to stop the flow of something
stanch
mean
figuratively
comprise
7. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
alter
nicknames
average
navel
8. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
media
all right
daylight saving time
aid
9. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims
half staff
troupe
semiannual
Black muslim
10. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
crises
alter
heaven
forward
11. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli
magazine names
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
criteria
composition titles
12. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
person
magazine names
sneaked
stationary
13. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
her
badly
alumna
collide - collision
14. 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
stanch
literally
ZIP code
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
15. Means more than half of an amount
website
majority
comprise
altar
16. A contraction for it is or it has
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17. Singular form of problem or turning point
demolish or destroyed
daylight saving time
crisis
hang - hangs
18. A picture - a criminal or oneself
hang - hangs
medium
its
manslaughter
19. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
teenage
rock 'n' roll
each other
muslims
20. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
altar
City Hall
primiere
21. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
altar
principle
literally
demolish or destroyed
22. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
bus
muslims
collide - collision
in spite of
23. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
whom
in-law
less
24. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
crises
effect
wrack
flair
25. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
refute
ravage
figuratively
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
26. References to insurance
effect
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
forward
insure
27. Copy pertaining to the navy
naval
resident
all right
aide
28. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
accept
stationery
City Hall
drowned
29. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
composition titles
widow
ravish
alumnae
30. 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.
marshal
citizen
ravage
marshall
31. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
hopefully
troupe
on
accommodate
32. To stand still
affect
naval
stationary
either
33. To embarrass or disturb
literally
faze
collide - collision
person
34. A group of people - often military or animals
Internet
alumnae
troop
City Hall
35. Homicide without malice or premeditation
homicide
manslaughter
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
faze
36. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
impostor
primiere
lay
comprise
37. 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.
badly
hang - hangs
flaunt
email
38. When referring to a man who has attended a school
faze
alumnus
alter
flaunt
39. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
who
it's
amid
except
40. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
marshal
buses
on
41. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
over
person
average
marshall
42. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
which
fiancee
between
Orient - Oriental
43. To argue to the contrary
rebut
buses
his
magazine names
44. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
mean
navel
beside
daylight saving time
45. 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
phase
except
native
46. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
principal
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
italics
navel
47. Every two years
website
biennial
flout
either...or - neither...nor
48. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
emigrate
alumna
ravage
hopefully
49. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
marshal
manslaughter
his
federal
50. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
flay
his
crises
teenage