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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
Nobel Prize
alter
one another
resident
2. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
homicide
forward
impostor
hang - hangs
3. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
all right
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
infer
ravage
4. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
toward
because
either
over
5. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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6. Plural form of problem or turning point
titles
crises
ZIP code
all right
7. Means at the side of
alumnus
beside
in-law
as
8. A minor offense against the law
who
altar
misdemeanor
naval
9. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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10. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
in spite of
manslaughter
lie
Cabinet
11. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
primiere
assure
email
liaison
12. 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.
No.
national
manslaughter
last
13. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
imply
afterward
assure
flaunt
14. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
comprise
its
accommodate
National Organization for Women
15. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principal
sneaked
allege
wrack
16. Completeness of process of supplementing something
literally
liaison
heaven
complement
17. To argue to the contrary
No.
who's
rebut
stationery
18. 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
between
biannual
crises
composition titles
19. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
refute
who's
compose
lay
20. Means to make sure or give confidence
marshal
assure
figuratively
aide
21. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
National Organization for Women
bad
its
flounder
22. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
like
each other
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
collide - collision
23. 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.
italics
Fourth of July
amid
half mast
24. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
felony
fiance
rack
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
25. Not afterwards
besides
afterward
fewer
Cabinet
26. One who comes into a country ___s to it
median
assure
immigrate
City Hall
27. Man to be married
either...or - neither...nor
besides
fiance
busses
28. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
under way
homicide
lie
over
29. Writing paper
stationery
Black muslim
flare
was drowned
30. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
courtesy titles
pour
figuratively
Nobel Prize
31. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
since
which
that
half mast
32. Kisses
flay
busses
resident
insure
33. Means in an exact sense
in spite of
literally
busses
principle
34. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
troop
alumnae
courtesy titles
which
35. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
flaunt
like
troops
36. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
homicide
login - logon - logoff
courtesy titles
37. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
widower
beside
resident
alumni
38. When speaking of an individual
bad
person
alumni
Orient - Oriental
39. Transportation vehicle
insure
bus
magazine names
infer
40. A first performance
ravish
primiere
plurality
buss
41. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
his
its
ravage
who
42. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
National Organization for Women
Legislature
italics
median
43. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
hanged
staunch
allege
effect
44. 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.
hung
lie
beside
muslims
45. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
founder
people
whose
speeds
46. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
afterward
who's
more than
except
47. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
fiancee
heaven
reference works
arrest
48. Multiple transportation vehicles
emigrate
native
principal
buses
49. Assistance
hang - hangs
fiancee
aid
sneaked
50. Plural form of a standard
founder
literally
criteria
flare