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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. When referring to a man who has attended a school
half mast
whose
alumnus
who
2. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
stationary
allege
whose
ravage
3. 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
email
citizen
courtesy titles
4. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
Legislature
in spite of
like
median
5. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
ZIP code
hanged
titles
demolish or destroyed
6. Is the possessive of who
medium
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
founder
whose
7. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
demolish or destroyed
alumnae
comprise
complement
8. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
bad
fewer
compose
half staff
9. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
refute
No.
figuratively
10. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
buss
login - logon - logoff
effect
felony
11. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
president
people
muslims
which
12. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
hanged
National Organization for Women
crisis
13. Means to exclude
ZIP code
except
Cabinet
Fourth of July
14. 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
insure
marshall
manslaughter
murder
15. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
widow
flounder
president
reference works
16. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
drowned
Fourth of July
amid
forward
17. Means to guarantee
half mast
ensure
criteria
naval
18. Means to receive
accept
flaunt
fewer
biannual
19. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
biennial
last
infer
ZIP code
20. To swing the arms widely
flay
bus
flair
further
21. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
Internet
nicknames
defendant
afterward
22. 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
hung
mean
norm
refute
23. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
criteria
all right
Orient - Oriental
buss
24. Means in an exact sense
literally
media
courtesy titles
as
25. 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
medium
infer
Black muslim
more than
26. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
less
amid
manslaughter
courtesy titles
27. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
marshal
stationery
whom
28. Means to influence
forward
muslims
affect
drowned
29. To be used instead of the sexist terms
firefighter - police officer
liaison
citizen
Nobel Prize
30. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
allege
heaven
staunch
rebut
31. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
plurality
principal
lay
that
32. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
heaven
flaunt
in spite of
each
33. To argue to the contrary
under way
either...or - neither...nor
native
rebut
34. Means to gaze intently or steadily
pore
average
ravish
rebut
35. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
less
wrack
who's
effect
36. Takes a singular verb
each
pour
flounder
his
37. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
ravage
stationery
daylight saving time
forward
38. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
No.
century
among
ensure
39. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
flier
collide - collision
in-law
homicide
40. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
flounder
ensure
Fourth of July
City Hall
41. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
flier
marshall
that
people
42. 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.
rebut
Internet
effect
medium
43. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
half mast
fewer
flyer
collide - collision
44. Kiss
wrack
phase
widow
buss
45. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
arrest
alumnus
compose
beside
46. A picture - a criminal or oneself
imply
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
lay
hang - hangs
47. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
either
City Hall
troop
liaison
48. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
email
imply
principle
assure
49. Singular form of a standard
titles
criterion
like
compose
50. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
troops
courtesy titles
drowned
median