Revising
To change and improve the piece
What is revise?
to make clear and easy to understand
What is to Clarify?
the letters A, E, I, O, U
What are Vowels?
the uppercase form of a letter
What is a Capital Letter?
punctuation used between independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction
What is a Semicolon?
a word or phrase that connects ideas, details, or paragraphs
What is a transition?
unnecessary, off topic, not needed
What is Extraneous?
the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels
What are Consonants?
the words a person actually says
What is a Direct Quotation?
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facts, details, and appeals used to support an argument or interpretation.
What is evidence?
the quality of being clear and precise
What is Clarity?
the word or phrase to which a pronoun or other grammatical unit refers
What is an Antecedent?
a name used for a person, place or thing
What is a Proper Noun?
punctuation to set off introductory adverb clauses and prepositional or participle phrases
What is a comma after introductory clause and phrase?
the final sentence or paragraph in a piece of writing
What is Conclusion?
a statement that presents the controlling idea of your writing to readers
What is Controlling Idea or Thesis Statement?
an error in which two independent clauses are joined by only a comma
a word that sounds like or is spelled like another word that has a different meaning
What is a Homonym?
corresponding number between subjects and their verbs
What is Subject- Verb Agreement?
the thesis of a persuasive argument, in which the author expresses a position, or takes a side
What is Claim?
the exact, appropriate word as used in a sentence
What is Precise Word Choice?
a sentence made by two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
punctuation placed around direct quotations, or a person's exact words
What are Quotation Marks?
the verb tense that is occurring now
What is Present Tense?