Long Quiz 2 Comm 14

PUBLICATION AND EDITING (COMM 14) LONG QUIZ 2 MIDTERM February 3, 2004 9:30-12:30

Name: ___________________________________________________________________ I. Getting started with writing. Play with words. Follow the instructions on each number. (45 pts) 1. Identify if its cliche or technical language/jargon. Write your answer on the blanks below. ____________ a. under their noses ____________ b. however ____________ c. orient ____________ d. notified next of kin ____________ e. only time will tell

______________ f. miraculous escape ______________ g. needless to say ______________ h. maximize ______________ i. new initiatives ______________ j. view with alarm

2. Use specific and concrete language. Give at least three concrete words for each vague word below. a. b. c. d. e.

Tragedy _________________________________________________ Instrument _________________________________________________ Monetary Consideration _________________________________________________ Accident _________________________________________________ Transportation _________________________________________________

3. List the exact word which gives the real meaning of each euphemism below. a. b. c. d. e.

Expecting No longer with us Deceased Misspoken/inoperative Remains

______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

4. Give the common words for the complex words listed below. _________________ a. _________________ b. _________________ c. _________________ d. _________________ e.

procure inundate prevaricate facilitate inaugurate

_____________________ f. majority _____________________ g. incarcerate _____________________ h. category _____________________ i. indispose _____________________ j. summon

5. Omit verbal deadwood. Identify in one-word the meaning of the following phrases below. __________________________ a. used for fuel purposes

__________________________ b. __________________________ c. __________________________ d. __________________________ e.

in the immediate vicinity at the present time affixed his signature united in holy matrimony

II. Colorful, specific and strong verbs. Encircle the letter of the appropriate verb. (10 pts) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

hurtful elaborate paroxysm hide scrutinize larceny comport counteract rebellion squabble

(a. detrimental (a. evolve (a. detonation (a. disguise (a. survey (a. pillage (a. operate (a. defy (a. coup (a. kicker

b. mischievous b. create b. flare-up b. camouflaged b. question b. robbery b. exert b. oppose b. overthrow b. altercate

c. damaging) c. develop) c. explosion) c. withhold) c. interrogate) c. burglary) c. manage) c. contradict) c. insurrection) c. argue)

III. Improving Sentences (15 pts) A. Revise the following sentence below. 1. He is now trying to make a list of all empty lots in the neighborhood to track down the owners and ask if he can plant them next summer.

2. Several improvements have been made in order to make the weekly newspaper more interesting for its readers.

3. The YWCA counselor said, “we have 800 girls participating in the program and its meeting with a large measure of success.

4. A candidate for mayor withdrew from the race today and explained that he could not support his wife and six children on the job’s P120,000-a-year salary. Robert R. Singletary said the salaries paid city officials should be raised at least 50 percent.

5. The youths trashed a school.

B. Identify what is the problem on each statements below. Write your answers on the space provided. 6. Superhighways, high-speed automobiles and jet planes are common objects of the modern era.

7. The sponsors hope the art show will attract a large crowd.

8. Inflation will be the hardest nut to crack.

9. Americans do not live in depressed areas.

10. Their scenario calls for optimizing and prioritizing the variables to interface the parameters.

IV. Writing Stories. Following all the guidelines in writing news and features, headlines and leads you have learned, write a complete news and feature story – headline, lead, body based on the information attached in your paper. Write your stories at the back of this page. (20 pts) A. News (refer to “Writing News Story” item no. 1) B. Features (refer to “Writing News Leads and Feature Stories” item no. 2, use the instruction written here and not on the attached paper)