R = Review
T = Teach
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A.
Capitalization
(titles of people, proper nouns, first word in dialogue, names of places,
organizations, nationalities, days of the week, buildings, historical events,
in a letter opening and closing) |
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B. Punctuation |
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1. Comma |
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a. after a letter close |
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b. in a series |
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c. in a date |
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d. with an appositive |
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e. with a parenthetical expression |
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f. with a participial phrase |
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g. between two independent clauses joined by
a conjunction |
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h. after introductory elements |
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2. Quotation Marks |
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3. Apostrophe |
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5. Semi-colon with
two independent clauses |
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C. Usage |
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2. Verb tense |
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3. Pronoun reference (antecedent) |
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4. Comparative/superlative |
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5. Special
problems in usage (a/an, they’re/there/their, to/to/two, good/well, its/it’s, I/me, know/no, your/you’re) |
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D. Syntax |
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1. Run-on |
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3. Misplaced
modifiers |
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4. Awkward
construction |
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5. Sentence
combining |
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E. Content, Organization, and Tone |
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1. Topic sentence |
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2. Supporting
details |
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3. Extraneous
material |
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4. Logical order |
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5. Tone |
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6. Redundancy of
ideas |
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F. Revision |
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1. Redundancy of
words and phrases |
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2. Transition words |
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3.
Generality/specificity |
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