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News Copy Editing

Instructions:
  • Answer 39 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Use of he/she






2. How to break sentence






3. Hammer head






4. Kicker heads






5. Four rules of subjunctive case






6. en dash






7. Dangling modifiers






8. Whom - Him/her






9. Squinting modifiers






10. That






11. Max sentence length






12. Who - He/she






13. Antecedent






14. Jargon

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15. Noun strings






16. Hints something needs editing






17. Side-saddle head






18. Objective case






19. Pronoun/antecedent agreement






20. Nominative case






21. Parallel structure






22. Functions of headline

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23. Commas replace (headlines)






24. em dash






25. Headline rules

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26. Nonrestrictive modifier






27. Drop heads






28. Hookers

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29. Types of headlines






30. Smother verbs






31. Label head






32. Passive voice






33. How many prepositional phrases per sentence?






34. Lookers






35. Possessive case






36. Use commas with (what words)






37. Restrictive modifier






38. Smother verb (example)






39. Straightforward headline