Dates + states
In a news story or press release, what should you use to represent "yesterday"?
The actual date that "yesterday" was
Generally speaking, a headline shouldn't be longer than _____ words.
10
According to AP Style, "head coach" is a _______ title. Therefore, it should ______ be capitalized.
Courtesy; never
Punctuation always goes _______ the quote marks.
Inside
A fragment is a sentence missing either the _____________ or the _____________.
Subject; verb
The AP Style abbreviation for North Carolina is ______.
N.C.
When conveying a number in a headline, always use the _______.
Digit
In a news article or press release, each quote should be its own _______.
Paragraph
A semicolon is used to join _____________ clause(s).
Independent
How would you write today's date in proper AP Style?
Feb. 19
The part of the headline that appears below the headline is called the ________.
Subhead
A person’s formal title only gets capitalized if it appears _____________ his/her name.
before
Refer to a player or coach by _______ and _______ name on first reference and then ______ name thereafter.
first + last; last
In AP Style, any number between_____________ should be written out in words. Conversely, any number greater than or equal to _____________ should be represented by a digit.
1-9; 10
There are seven states that don't get abbreviated in AP Style. Those seven states are all equal to or less than _____ letters.
Six letters (Hawaii, Alaska, Texas, Ohio, Utah, Maine, Idaho).
An AP Style caption should always contain two sentences: The first sentence conveys the _____, ______, _______ and ________. The second sentence conveys the ________.
Who, what, when, where; why
Stylistically, what's the mistake in this sentence?
Lauren Bevis scored 16 points and Nakyah Terrell added 14 as the High Point women's Basketball team defeat UNC Asheville, 62-54, Wednesday night in the Qubein Center.
'Basketball' should be lowercased
When writing a team’s ranking, what’s the AP Style abbreviation for number?
No.
A basketball player should always work on _______ free throws.
His/her
What are the seven months that get abbreviated when paired with a specific date?
January, February, August, September, October, November, December
Sentence case capitalization is when you capitalize ________, __________ and ____________
First letter of first word, first letter after a colon and any proper nouns
Stylistically, what's the mistake in this sentence?
During the last four minutes, HPU converted all seven of its foul shots to close out the game and seal the 62-54 win. Bevis finished as the game’s leading scorer with 16-points on 5-13 shooting.
The hyphen on Bevis' stat line isn't needed
When covering a game that features two players with the same last name, you should always _____________.
Refer to both players by first + last name on each reference
The High Point University baseball team is on a four-game winning streak because of ______ stellar pitching.
Its