Revising & Editing Punctuation & Grammar
This punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without using a coordinating conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This transition word is best used to show a direct contrast between two ideas.
What is "however" (or "conversely"/"on the other hand")?
This is the underlying message, moral, or universal lesson that an author wants the reader to take away from a text.
What is the theme?
If a map's scale is 1 inch = 5 miles, this is how many miles are represented by 4.5 inches.
What is 22.5 miles?
This is the value of $x$ when solving the equation: $3x - 7 = 14$.
What is 7?
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or an explanation that follows an independent clause.
What is a colon?
This is the standard location for a topic sentence within a well-structured informational paragraph.
What is the first sentence?
This literary device involves a direct comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
A jacket originally costing $80 is on sale for 20% off; this is the sale price of the jacket before tax.
What is $64?
This is the value of the expression $5 + 2 \times 3^2 - 4$ when calculated using the order of operations.
What is 19?
This punctuation mark is used to join words together to form a compound adjective before a noun, like "well-known author."
What is a hyphen?
Clue: This transition phrase is used to signal that the writer is providing a specific instance to clarify a broad point.
What is "for example" (or "for instance")?
This is the primary reason an author writes a specific text, usually categorized as persuading, informing, or entertaining.
What is the author's purpose?
A jar contains 3 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. This is the probability of randomly picking a red marble.
What is 1/4 (or 25% or 0.25)?
This is the value of $x$ that satisfies the inequality: $-2x + 5 < 1$.
What is $x > 2$?
"Neither the students nor the teacher are ready," you must change this specific word.
What is "are"? (It should be "is" to agree with the closer subject, "teacher").
When a sentence is too long, repetitive, or packed with unnecessary words, a reviser will flag it for this flaw.
What is wordiness (or redundancy)?
This reading skill involves reading between the lines to make an educated guess based on evidence from the text and your own logic.
What is making an inference?
Samantha is twice as old as Jessica. If the sum of their ages is 27, this is Jessica's age.
What is 9?
This is the slope of the linear equation $2y - 4x = 8$ when rewritten in slope-intercept form.
What is 2?
This transition word is best used to show a direct contrast between two ideas.
What is "however" (or "conversely"/"on the other hand")?
When combining two sentences to emphasize that one action happened while another was occurring, you would use this subordinating conjunction.
What is "although", "while", or "as"?
This literary element refers to hints or clues an author drops early in a story about events that will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
Leo has $3.60 in quarters and dimes.If he has twice as many quarters as dimes, this is the number of dimes he has.
What is 6 dimes? (6 dimes = $0.60, 12 quarters = $3.00, total $3.60).
This is the prime factorization of the number 60, written using exponents.
What is $2^2 \times 3 \times 5$?