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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. 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
stationery
composition titles
hopefully
buss
2. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
more than
login - logon - logoff
subject
in-law
3. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
naval
between
troops
since
4. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
navel
more than
demolish or destroyed
pore
5. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
insure
National Organization for Women
norm
majority
6. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
immigrate
resident
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
daylight saving time
7. To argue to the contrary
alumni
hopefully
rebut
composition titles
8. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
troops
because
hang - hangs
staunch
9. 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.
that
login - logon - logoff
Fourth of July
infer
10. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
drowned
marshal
teenage
buss
11. To show contempt for
Fourth of July
fiancee
altar
flout
12. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
either...or - neither...nor
teenage
rack
troupe
13. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
italics
comprise
toward
majority
14. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
ravage
national
NAACP
15. The of is unnecessary
fiancee
off of
phase
federal
16. Is the possessive of who
whose
like
busses
hung
17. Means to receive
flout
accept
ensure
because
18. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
collide - collision
website
among
marshal
19. To bog down become disabled or sink
majority
rack
all right
founder
20. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
further
whom
alumnus
collide - collision
21. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
fiancee
magazine names
crisis
defendant
22. Man to be married
fiance
daylight saving time
flout
complement
23. Individual items reduced in number
compose
fewer
flay
native
24. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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25. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
marshall
forward
misdemeanor
26. Means to guarantee
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
all right
ensure
Fourth of July
27. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
rack
national
each other
titles
28. Plural form of a standard
crises
criteria
that
half mast
29. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
lay
accommodate
defendant
Legislature
30. Takes a singular verb
each
reference works
No.
compose
31. 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
fiance
hopefully
citizen
ZIP code
32. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
demolish or destroyed
nicknames
her
altar
33. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
infer
felony
under way
whom
34. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
person
mean
primiere
Legislature
35. Writing paper
Fourth of July
naval
login - logon - logoff
stationery
36. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
hopefully
troops
NAACP
magazine names
37. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
amid
manslaughter
demolish or destroyed
like
38. 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
as
stationary
which
troops
39. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
biannual
toward
resident
Nobel Prize
40. Homicide without malice or premeditation
ravage
manslaughter
daylight saving time
as
41. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
accept
Cabinet
literally
people
42. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
City Hall
his
firefighter - police officer
assure
43. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
email
troupe
firefighter - police officer
her
44. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
Black muslim
City Hall
rack
ZIP code
45. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
flyer
off of
ZIP code
comprise
46. 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
rock 'n' roll
people
ravish
that
47. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
in spite of
widow
stationary
murder
48. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
heaven
troops
fewer
ensure
49. To stand still
principal
stationary
whom
flaunt
50. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
half staff
his
forward
heaven