This document provides guidance on editing paragraphs, including checking for proper paragraph structure with a clear topic sentence and supporting details, as well as grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistent verb tense. It also includes a quiz to test proofreading skills with examples of common errors. The document stresses the importance of carefully editing and proofreading one's own writing.
This document provides guidance on editing paragraphs, including checking for proper paragraph structure with a clear topic sentence and supporting details, as well as grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistent verb tense. It also includes a quiz to test proofreading skills with examples of common errors. The document stresses the importance of carefully editing and proofreading one's own writing.
This document provides guidance on editing paragraphs, including checking for proper paragraph structure with a clear topic sentence and supporting details, as well as grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistent verb tense. It also includes a quiz to test proofreading skills with examples of common errors. The document stresses the importance of carefully editing and proofreading one's own writing.
This document provides guidance on editing paragraphs, including checking for proper paragraph structure with a clear topic sentence and supporting details, as well as grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistent verb tense. It also includes a quiz to test proofreading skills with examples of common errors. The document stresses the importance of carefully editing and proofreading one's own writing.
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UNIVERSITAS PERTAHANAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA
Paragraph Editing Week 15 English For Military Civil Engineering Class 21 Juni 2022
Editing Paragraphs
A while after creating a paragraph, it is better to check. We
need to ensure that it follows the correct paragraph structure. It should have a topic sentence with a clear focus, and include details that support the topic sentence. The paragraph should also be free of spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. We need to remember that the spell-check feature on your computer will not help if you spell the word correctly but use it incorrectly. It is recommended to check dictionary or a thesaurus if you are not sure how a word is used. Paragraph Structure
• Does your paragraph contain a topic sentence with a clear focus?
• Does each supporting sentence include a fact or example that relates to the topic sentence? • Does your paragraph have a concluding sentence that sums up the main idea of the paragraph? • Are the sentences connected to each other so that they flow? Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
• Does each sentence begin with a capital letter and end with a period? • Are commas, apostrophes and other punctuation marks used correctly? • Is every word used and spelled correctly? • Are verb tenses used correctly and consistently? • Is each pronoun used correctly? • Are articles used correctly? QUIZ 1. The new Ship Wreck Museum in Key West is exciting! a. All words ahould be lowercase b. missing a comma after Museum c. new should be capital d. correct as is
2. Another thing I liked was the litehouse.
a. correct as is b. litehouse should be lighthouse c. litehouse is not a compound word
3. Do you remember Hemingway’s address in Key West.
a. correct as is b. Hemingway’s doesn’t need an aposthrope c. Key West should not be capitalised d. this sentence needs a question mark QUIZ 4. Correct or Incorrect? The Key Wext semetery is on 21 acres of ground a. correct as is b. acres is misspelled – should be acers c. semetery is misspelled – should be cemetery
5. The cemetery in Key West is on Francis street
a. correct as is b. Francis is not the name of a street c. street needs to be capitalised
6. My favorete tombstone was the sailor’s. What needs to be changed in this sentence? a. favorete is misspelled – should be favorite b. tombstone should be tomb stone c. sailor’s does not need an aposthrope d. correct as is QUIZ 7. His wife wrote the words on it. Remember? a. There should not be a question mark and a period. b. he did not have a wife c. correct as is
8. What is wrong with this sentence? Do you why it is called Key West? a. missing the wor know b. missing punctuation c. missing quotation marks d. correct as is
9. The trolley ride around Key West is very interesting.
a. interesting is misspelled b. there should be quotation marks c. around is not needed in this sentence d. trolley is missplled QUIZ 10. It’s interesting to no that Key West is our southernmost city. a. It’s should be Its b. It’s should be Its’ c. No should be know d. Correct as is Exercise of Proofreading (Correct The Paragraph !) At the start of school Dora was afrad of her new Teacher. Mrs. Davis seamed nice, but she had so manny rules for the class to follow . Scare someone to pieces. As the school year continued, Dora begun to understand how the Teacher come up with the rules The rules were their so students would be respectful of theyselves and each other. By the end of the year, Dora though Mrs. Davis was tge best Teacher she evere had! Exercise of Proofreading (Correct The Paragraph !)
A marvellous variety of wildlife flourishes on Southeast Asia. On land is
everything from snakes and lizards to tigers and rhinoceros. The sea also has many fascinating creatures, and including dolphins, sea-snakes and tropical fish. However, many forms wildlife is threatened by human beings. Large areas from tress are being cut down for timber and to create land for framing. This makes it difficult for many plants and animals to survive. For an example, the destruction of the reinforests Borneo and Sumatra has greatly reducing the numbers of orangutans live in these areas. At sea the most greatest problem is over – fishing by modern trawlers. Some type of fish may disappears because this. It is clear that more action must taken to protect this region before even more destruction occurs. Proofread The Paragraph of Your Friend’s Work
Switch the paragraph of yours into your friend’s paragraph. Proofread your firend’s work, give a note and read the ne one loudly. The instructor/lecturer will check whether you have done the right proofreading/editing. One undetected mistake in your friend’s paragraph will reduce you and your friend’s score. One mistake will reduce 5 point of the total score. Write a report and Proofread The Report of Your friend’s work Write a report of construction material experiment which was held in University of Indonesia. Create 2 pages of report and switch it to your partner as has been regulated previously. Send the lecturer the final checked one. The lecturer will proofread again and the scheme of scoring will be similar to the last assignment in the class. One mistake found will reduce 5 points from the total score.
