AP Style Guide Simplified: Associated Press Style Manual:AP Quick Study Concise Guide

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"AP Style Guide Simplified: Associated Press Style Manual" contains an overview of the most common AP rules and adheres to the newest version of The Associated Press Stylebook and Webster's New World College Dictionary as a secondary source. This guide offers standards and guidelines of news writing, editing, and common usage for students in classrooms and experienced writers and editors in newsrooms.

This is a must-have tool designed for quick access for:

• Students in communications, media and journalism
• Professional writers and editors at magazines and newspapers

Includes EXAMPLES and SELF-TEST for the best learning experience.

AP Quick Study Concise Guide will help you master the AP style's principles and rules on:

• Grammar
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Formal titles
• Names
• Age
• Numbers
• Dates and times
• Datelines
• Money
• Addresses
• States and Cities
• Language
• Styling
• Lists
• Symbols
• Terminology, etc.

The book consists of the following chapters that address the vast majority of questions about AP style:

1. Introduction to AP Style
2. Punctuation
3. Common Style Guidelines
4. Statement of News Values and Principles
5. Broadcast News Writing Style
6. Editing Marks
7. Self-Test (NEW: Check your knowledge)

This student guide will assist you to learn AP style and write with clarity and professionalism.