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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. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
rebut
infer
amid
2. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
over
No.
badly
comprise
3. 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
compose
which
whom
email
4. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
that
widow
reference works
on
5. 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
refute
each
citizen
6. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
comprise
medium
buses
troops
7. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
wrack
flier
defendant
stanch
8. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
hanged
more than
forward
nicknames
9. Means in addition to
staunch
flare
besides
whose
10. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flaunt
ravage
alumni
each other
11. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
further
manslaughter
ravish
affect
12. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
italics
staunch
daylight saving time
median
13. Completeness of process of supplementing something
semiannual
complement
courtesy titles
criterion
14. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
reference works
alumnae
literally
compose
15. 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
mean
alumnus
rock 'n' roll
crisis
16. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
alumnae
wrack
sneaked
17. To swing the arms widely
mean
flair
amid
adviser
18. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
citizen
National Organization for Women
widower
last
19. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
amid
median
medium
citizen
20. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
premier
in-law
teenage
muslims
21. A person who serves as an assistant
crises
felony
arrest
aide
22. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
hang - hangs
crisis
impostor
troupe
23. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
courtesy titles
alter
flounder
liaison
24. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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25. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
Black muslim
courtesy titles
insure
stanch
26. To bog down become disabled or sink
more than
plurality
was drowned
founder
27. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
flair
City Hall
heaven
primiere
28. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
immigrate
biannual
allege
its
29. Kiss
average
flay
manslaughter
buss
30. To stand still
stationary
half staff
semiannual
teenage
31. Means to receive
City Hall
amid
accept
immigrate
32. Means at the side of
whose
widow
beside
citizen
33. The proper name for some trains and buses
flyer
arrest
alumnus
naval
34. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
whom
accept
phase
35. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
refute
flier
principle
in-law
36. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
hopefully
figuratively
medium
flyer
37. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
like
either...or - neither...nor
lay
38. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
whose
felony
person
ZIP code
39. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
literally
rack
City Hall
hang - hangs
40. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
since
criteria
compose
website
41. Singular form of problem or turning point
citizen
crisis
hopefully
criteria
42. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
magazine names
plurality
alumnus
compose
43. To be used instead of the sexist terms
median
firefighter - police officer
italics
crises
44. Legal term for slaying or killing
infer
homicide
founder
half staff
45. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
daylight saving time
login - logon - logoff
her
insure
46. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
ravish
less
more than
comprise
47. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
native
Fourth of July
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
arrest
48. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
whom
refute
NAACP
flair
49. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
assure
faze
hang - hangs
on
50. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
farther
who
troops
widower