“Stet as set”

This quiz focuses on the specialized terms that editors and proofreaders and other publishing pros use to communicate with each other. Because authors are also involved in the publication process, they too may need to know what these expressions mean.

The terms in the quiz can be found in CMOS in chapter 2 (on editing and proofreading) and in the glossary.

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Note: Style guides and dictionaries sometimes disagree. This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style.

Now updated to refer and link to the 18th edition.

Chicago Style Workout 56: Editing Lingo

1. The word stet means

return to author ASAP

don’t make those edits

2. In publishing, the term page proofs refers to

a copy of typeset pages

the final version of the edited manuscript

3. A paragraph that aligns along the left margin but not the right is said to be

natural

ragged

4. A redline is a document that shows

key dates in a publication schedule

tracked changes

5. An indent that applies to each line in a paragraph except the first is called

a hanging indent

a paragraph indent

6. In a manuscript, a callout

alerts an author to a factual error

tells the typesetter where to place a figure or table

7. The term dead copy refers to

lifeless prose

a previous version of a document

8. The term chapter display refers to

the number and title at the beginning of a chapter

an illustration that faces the first page of a chapter

9. When the first line of a paragraph is stranded at the bottom of a page, it’s known as

an orphan

a widow

10. The abbreviation EA stands for

editorial authority

editor’s alteration

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