Editing Rules
This inovative program is bringing an important disease-fighting tool to people around the world.
What change is needed?
Change inovative to innovative
What is a "lesson learned," "moral," or "insight about human life revealed through a literary work?"
Theme
"Well, you could cut the silence with a knife. The clerk hemmed and hawed while they stood there lookin’ back at him real innocent and peaceful, and finally he said, “You’ll have to pay in advance.” What type of literary term or device is used in this sentence?
Imagery
In a literary text, what is a "struggle between two opposing forces?"
Conflict
What are the two ways or "formulas" to write a compound sentence?
IC, coordinating conjunction IC.
IC; IC.
What is an "author's choice of words?"
Diction
Far from either shore it hits me that my daughter is a young woman, and suddenly everything is a metaphor for how short a time we are granted on earth: the red boats on the blue-black water, the russet and gold of late summer’s sunburnt grasses, the empty blue sky. What does the word russet mean in this selection?
yellowish-brown or reddish-brown in color
What does the word "implied" mean?
suggested but not directly expressed
The director of the CIA who was under investigation gave a scathing report to his colleagues.
How would you edit this sentence?
The director of the CIA, who was under investigation, gave a scathing report to his colleagues.
What is the term for when an author uses vivid descriptions to appeal to the reader’s senses?
Imagery
My father was the perfect dad; he thought like a kid, but he was bigger than a bully. In fact, he was larger than life, older than the other dads but weirdly young, with a shoulder bunged up in World War I, and a Harley-Davidson he rode to work on mornings the Packard’s engine wouldn’t turn over. A big guy with a big grin and lures on his fishing hat. What can you imply about the author's relationship with his father in this paragraph?
The author and his dad were close and loved each other
I lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma for 4 years.
What change, if any, is needed?
I lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for 4 years.
october is a good time to harvest pumpkins they can be used for many different purposes.
How would you edit this sentence?
October is a good time to harvest pumpkins; they can be used for many different purposes.
Irony is defined as when there is a discrepancy between ___________ and ___________.
Expectations and Reality
In order to prove that Gogol knows English, Ashoke does something he has never done before, and addresses his son in careful, accented English. “Go on, Gogol,” he says, patting him on the head. “Tell Mrs. Lapidus how old you are.” What can you infer about Gogol based on this paragraph?
Gogol's not originally from an English speaking country.
List three groups of words or words that are always capitalized.
Months, Pronoun "I', Proper Names, Titles, Cities, States, etc.
The hockey team acknowledging poor judgement lack of leadership and inadequate practice pulled out of the finals on April 3, 1996.
How would you edit this sentence?
The hockey team, acknowledging poor judgement, lack of leadership, and inadequate practice, pulled out of the finals on April 3, 1996.
What are the three types of irony?
Verbal, Situational, Dramatic
Draw and label the 6 parts of a plot diagram.
Exposition, Initiating Event, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Write a theme statement for either "The Necklace" or All Summer in a Day?"
Answers will vary.