Name that Mistake
The boy took his dog to the Supermarket.
What is don't capitalize "Supermarket."
The acronym A.R.M.S. refers to different techniques that do this to writing.
What is revise? (revision)
The day of the reading STAAR.
What is April 16th?
The acronym C.U.P.S. refers to different techniques that do this to writing.
What is editing? (edit)
What revision is needed: Noah was hungry, so he went to the store because he had not eaten in a while.
What is remove?
According to the article just 16 percent of young adults cast a ballot in 2014.
What is insert a common after "article"?
This type of revision requires including more details to make the writing more interesting.
What is add?
The type of literature a text is considered and labeled as.
What is genre?
Changing a word to the correct uppercase letter.
What is capitalization?
Gavin was happy playing his video game.
to
Gavin was ecstatic to play video games.
What is substitution?
After becoming registered voters, many people have exercised their right to vote, voted in every election.
What is remove "voted in every election."
This revision technique requires putting words or phrases in a writing in different places that make more sense.
What is move?
The nonfiction genre that depicts a person's life from another's perspective.
What is biography?
Making sure the order of letters in a word is correct.
What is spelling?
Monica danced to the new music that just released happily.
to
Monica danced happily to the new music that just released.
What is move?
In contrast, 18-year-olds are eligable to vote, but many choose not to do so.
What is "eligable" is misspelled?
This revision technique requires taking out extra or unnecessary information to make the writing easier to understand.
What is remove?
The number of main literary genres.
What is five?
Checking to make sure there is a period, commas, or other technical writing symbols in the right place.
What is punctuation?
When the boy were packing for his vacation, he forgot to pack his suitcase.
What is changing were to was?
What is subject verb agreement?
These officials' decisions on the economy, education, and health care is going to shape our lives.
What is change is to are?
This revision technique requires changing words or phrases to make the writing more interesting to read.
What is substitute?
The fiction genre where animals acts as humans in stories that teach some kind of lesson.
What is a fable?
Checking to make sure verb tenses are the same as well as making sure subject and verb agree.
What is understanding?
Fix the sentence: On the track will the cars during an abrupt turn move too fast to stay?