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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. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
half mast
email
italics
City Council
2. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
troops
imply
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
amid
3. 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.
phase
norm
Fourth of July
whom
4. Means in an exact sense
No.
literally
under way
over
5. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
flyer
rack
all right
whom
6. Transportation vehicle
felony
bus
nicknames
assure
7. When speaking of an individual
primiere
person
aid
principal
8. An aspect or stage
bad
phase
Legislature
whom
9. 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
Nobel Prize
assure
principle
between
10. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
naval
login - logon - logoff
premier
11. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
all right
in-law
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
12. Assistance
aid
allege
it's
City Council
13. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
arrest
national
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
was drowned
14. To show contempt for
flout
troops
subject
troop
15. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
last
since
norm
liaison
16. Means to gaze intently or steadily
pore
accept
farther
that
17. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
sneaked
whose
accommodate
accept
18. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
Cabinet
forward
flout
between
19. Means more than half of an amount
federal
majority
nicknames
firefighter - police officer
20. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
hanged
his
flay
flaunt
21. Means to exclude
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
Cabinet
flout
except
22. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
titles
either...or - neither...nor
like
forward
23. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
hang - hangs
National Organization for Women
native
except
24. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
ravish
native
over
half mast
25. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
biannual
NAACP
half staff
people
26. 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.
crises
liaison
last
insure
27. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
drowned
murder
people
subject
28. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
widower
demolish or destroyed
defendant
29. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
bus
speeds
defendant
biennial
30. 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.
aide
lie
ravish
refute
31. Means in addition to
besides
farther
like
widow
32. Every two years
biennial
average
composition titles
fiance
33. A group of people - often military or animals
NAACP
whom
troop
except
34. One who leaves a country ___s from it
staunch
subject
widow
emigrate
35. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
compliment
magazine names
bad
fewer
36. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
No.
since
federal
37. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
City Hall
collide - collision
muslims
plurality
38. Is the possessive of who
was drowned
forward
marshall
whose
39. Means at the side of
felony
beside
flaunt
Black muslim
40. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
media
badly
it's
41. 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.
citizen
complement
it's
subject
42. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
subject
manslaughter
median
liaison
43. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
majority
mean
impostor
comprise
44. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
under way
it's
primiere
marshall
45. 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.
hang - hangs
bad
alumnae
either
46. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
federal
italics
Fourth of July
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
47. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
Orient - Oriental
forward
half staff
48. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
bus
Legislature
flair
Cabinet
49. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
except
in spite of
City Hall
insure
50. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
federal
navel
was drowned
among