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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. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
compose
native
rebut
Black muslim
2. Means at the side of
daylight saving time
flaunt
busses
beside
3. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
Nobel Prize
whose
flaunt
4. One who leaves a country ___s from it
plurality
staunch
emigrate
whose
5. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
drowned
founder
each
collide - collision
6. Means to exclude
primiere
No.
except
subject
7. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
complement
aide
No.
8. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
impostor
flier
off of
who
9. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
immigrate
half mast
liaison
hung
10. Means to gaze intently or steadily
flier
collide - collision
pore
amid
11. Verb to stop the flow of something
lie
ravish
citizen
stanch
12. Kisses
flay
over
busses
firefighter - police officer
13. References to insurance
muslims
aide
who
insure
14. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
City Hall
whom
alumna
15. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
refute
City Hall
No.
reference works
16. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
speeds
comprise
fewer
lay
17. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
fiance
plurality
biannual
toward
18. To change
flounder
speeds
alter
defendant
19. To be used instead of the sexist terms
as
farther
staunch
firefighter - police officer
20. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
principal
rack
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
beside
21. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
between
alumnae
emigrate
half staff
22. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
flyer
fewer
italics
allege
23. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
buss
firefighter - police officer
NAACP
24. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
flier
under way
over
fiancee
25. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.
daylight saving time
last
further
pore
26. Woman to be married
president
ensure
like
fiancee
27. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
immigrate
troops
biannual
alumnus
28. 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.
courtesy titles
assure
marshal
either...or - neither...nor
29. 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
hanged
founder
Nobel Prize
altar
30. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
infer
nicknames
complement
heaven
31. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
stationery
composition titles
muslims
lie
32. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
biannual
flay
manslaughter
amid
33. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
half staff
composition titles
ravish
34. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
principal
badly
altar
hanged
35. Writing paper
Orient - Oriental
stationery
median
murder
36. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
who
altar
aide
widower
37. Means to receive
homicide
drowned
accept
president
38. An aspect or stage
City Hall
navel
phase
faze
39. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
hopefully
felony
plurality
flout
40. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
emigrate
phase
accept
41. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
rack
either
since
figuratively
42. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
murder
alumnae
each
media
43. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
flay
last
allege
either
44. A contraction for it is or it has
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45. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
between
toward
navel
principal
46. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
troupe
principal
stanch
each other
47. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
effect
homicide
sneaked
in spite of
48. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
alumni
staunch
troops
felony
49. 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
his
amid
whose
50. To stand still
as
affect
besides
stationary