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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
staunch
which
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
either
2. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or
as
murder
except
all right
3. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
drowned
further
nicknames
was drowned
4. Individual items reduced in number
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
fewer
infer
accommodate
5. To embarrass or disturb
faze
people
off of
stationery
6. Physical distance
collide - collision
firefighter - police officer
farther
misdemeanor
7. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
flay
hanged
troop
Orient - Oriental
8. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
century
each
flout
marshal
9. 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.
rack
hopefully
lie
figuratively
10. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
rack
resident
alumna
lie
11. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
stationary
heaven
people
alumni
12. Writing paper
stationery
off of
one another
that
13. Means to guarantee
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
Internet
either
ensure
14. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
Internet
amid
principle
medium
15. 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
Black muslim
emigrate
heaven
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
16. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
bus
average
except
National Organization for Women
17. Multiple transportation vehicles
half mast
which
Internet
buses
18. Means to flow in a continuous stream
homicide
teenage
half staff
pour
19. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
faze
accommodate
Nobel Prize
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
20. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
flyer
refute
that
email
21. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
City Council
drowned
impostor
principle
22. Plural form of problem or turning point
Fourth of July
allege
off of
crises
23. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
liaison
alter
flier
president
24. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
flay
lay
collide - collision
average
25. A minor offense against the law
troops
misdemeanor
pore
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
26. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
among
troupe
email
farther
27. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
italics
afterward
muslims
daylight saving time
28. 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
president
bus
in spite of
ZIP code
29. Not afterwards
mean
afterward
half mast
Legislature
30. To bog down become disabled or sink
founder
president
website
bus
31. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
accept
his
half staff
NAACP
32. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
impostor
alter
No.
crisis
33. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
among
federal
courtesy titles
34. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
subject
that
over
felony
35. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
hopefully
assure
native
crises
36. Means at the side of
beside
rack
flaunt
forward
37. A first performance
altar
affect
primiere
sneaked
38. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.
flyer
either...or - neither...nor
beside
median
39. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
affect
Orient - Oriental
toward
rack
40. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
collide - collision
fiancee
either
41. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
citizen
president
pore
bus
42. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
average
sneaked
rack
badly
43. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
faze
Internet
people
44. Transportation vehicle
compliment
imply
manslaughter
bus
45. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
in-law
drowned
among
fewer
46. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
felony
forward
on
flair
47. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
assure
firefighter - police officer
navel
magazine names
48. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
pore
courtesy titles
alumnae
49. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
Nobel Prize
one another
muslims
defendant
50. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
criterion
complement
compose