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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. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
buses
flier
plurality
2. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
magazine names
last
sneaked
majority
3. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
pour
courtesy titles
crises
No.
4. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
Internet
daylight saving time
crises
5. References to insurance
ravish
insure
either
effect
6. Completeness of process of supplementing something
who
medium
as
complement
7. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
flay
accommodate
fiancee
heaven
8. 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
was drowned
composition titles
less
homicide
9. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
wrack
alumna
navel
either...or - neither...nor
10. 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.
ravage
biannual
effect
citizen
11. Means to gaze intently or steadily
adviser
national
pore
faze
12. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
president
principle
flout
median
13. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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14. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
comprise
hopefully
like
each
15. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
faze
over
buses
besides
16. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
demolish or destroyed
resident
norm
plurality
17. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
since
hanged
troupe
heaven
18. Homicide without malice or premeditation
criterion
half mast
manslaughter
pore
19. Means at the side of
aid
beside
norm
under way
20. 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.
collide - collision
accommodate
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
badly
21. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
biannual
national
flare
titles
22. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.
on
his
imply
website
23. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
citizen
since
imply
norm
24. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
resident
less
either
buses
25. To embarrass or disturb
faze
that
average
ravish
26. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
Black muslim
adviser
toward
27. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
forward
aide
crises
Legislature
28. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
ravish
bus
pore
sneaked
29. Is the possessive of who
nicknames
either...or - neither...nor
whose
drowned
30. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
badly
website
flier
affect
31. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
composition titles
faze
homicide
liaison
32. Singular form of a standard
fiancee
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
criterion
buss
33. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
principle
resident
Cabinet
troop
34. Means in addition to
email
besides
sneaked
insure
35. Means to guarantee
more than
hung
ensure
courtesy titles
36. 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
between
because
literally
murder
37. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
criteria
criterion
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
nicknames
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
last
which
between
aid
39. Man to be married
hung
fiance
fewer
national
40. 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.
either...or - neither...nor
century
lie
afterward
41. 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.
person
Fourth of July
in spite of
it's
42. To show contempt for
crisis
flout
marshal
assure
43. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
rack
lie
criteria
Legislature
44. A first performance
who
arrest
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
primiere
45. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
effect
off of
email
46. One who leaves a country ___s from it
each other
alumni
emigrate
forward
47. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
allege
demolish or destroyed
sneaked
troupe
48. The proper name for some trains and buses
flier
century
half staff
flyer
49. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
misdemeanor
all right
alumna
50. A person who gives advice - never advisor
misdemeanor
arrest
adviser
troupe