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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. Do not use the term teenaged
that
staunch
teenage
phase
2. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
hung
last
magazine names
3. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
nicknames
each other
primiere
between
4. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
felony
accommodate
flyer
hopefully
5. Homicide without malice or premeditation
manslaughter
liaison
biennial
ensure
6. Verb to stop the flow of something
felony
staunch
stanch
marshal
7. 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.
half mast
last
infer
people
8. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
over
flare
City Council
9. 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
allege
his
that
NAACP
10. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
bad
since
premier
arrest
11. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
buses
login - logon - logoff
troops
whom
12. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
courtesy titles
average
biannual
bad
13. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
each other
comprise
whom
president
14. Means to exclude
email
semiannual
except
who's
15. Plural form of problem or turning point
crises
mean
heaven
flyer
16. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
federal
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
City Council
nicknames
17. Means to make sure or give confidence
primiere
assure
misdemeanor
principle
18. Means more than half of an amount
City Hall
like
majority
compose
19. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
alumna
each other
Internet
20. 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
more than
badly
Orient - Oriental
composition titles
21. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
nicknames
troupe
president
Cabinet
22. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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23. 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
federal
daylight saving time
Cabinet
Orient - Oriental
24. Assistance
amid
aid
alumna
sneaked
25. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
it's
in-law
except
speeds
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
crises
national
drowned
27. 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.
either...or - neither...nor
alumni
hanged
between
28. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
flaunt
her
troops
in-law
29. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
amid
sneaked
flout
on
30. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
misdemeanor
bad
half staff
besides
31. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
figuratively
hanged
manslaughter
32. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
impostor
navel
murder
33. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
last
citizen
ravage
less
34. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
pour
wrack
last
less
35. 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
rock 'n' roll
alumni
heaven
Black muslim
36. References to insurance
insure
nicknames
toward
Internet
37. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
criteria
native
lie
comprise
38. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
staunch
either
reference works
39. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
homicide
collide - collision
her
under way
40. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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41. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
besides
badly
City Council
compliment
42. A table-like platform used in a religious service
crises
medium
person
altar
43. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
NAACP
ZIP code
more than
heaven
44. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
teenage
either
demolish or destroyed
marshal
45. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
alumnae
like
each other
in spite of
46. Means to influence
affect
half staff
marshal
as
47. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
flier
bad
among
half mast
48. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
italics
infer
like
flounder
49. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
each
it's
fewer
50. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
Nobel Prize
criterion
flaunt
citizen