Grammar & Mechanics
AP Style
Editing Marks
UIL Competitions
N & M
100

How to spell: synoym for shameful

What is e-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s-e-d

100
The most basic rule of AP Style

What is common sense?

100

Three underlines under a letter

What is capitalize?

100

Writing that is clear, concise and opinionless

What is News Writing?

100

Nadia's favorite color

What is blue?

200

What is wrong with this sentence: "Maggie gathered Nadia, Augusto, and Kali."

What is no oxford comma?

200
Something AP Style employs many rules to avoid

What is capital letters?

200

Slash through a letter

What is uncapitalized?

200

Competition Maggie went to Region for

What is headline writing?

200

Maggie's favorite color

What is yellow?

300

How to spell: Lots of, more than needed

What is e-x-c-e-s-s-i-v-e?

300

Months not abbrieviated

What are months less than 5 letters?

300

A wave-like symbol wrapping around two letters, words, or symbols. (demonstrate to staff)

What is switch?

300

Competition with one hour to compete

What is feature?

300

The name of Nadia's second sibling

Who is Joaquin?

400

What is wrong with this sentence: "The team left their hotel room."

What is it's hotel room, not their?

400

Proper term for Frisbee

What is flying disc?

400

Slash through an entire word underneath a bracket with a different word or phrase

What is replace?

400

Place Nadia got in Feature Writing at District (Hint: same place as State in Copy Editing)

What is 5th?

400

Maggie's least favorite scent

What is mint?

500

How to spell: synonym for neon, glowing

What is f-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t?

500

Reason why french fry is not capitalized

What is it refers to the cut, not the country?

500

A squiggly line through a marking

What is delete?

500

The two competitions in which we had everyone competing place at District

What is News Writing and Editorial Writing?

500

When Nadia and Maggie met

What is GT Expo, fourth grade?