Essay Revision Harbrace Handbook. Essay revisions 1. number the circled mistakes in the paper (Number 1-? ON a separate sheet of paper) 2. determine why.

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Essay Revision Harbrace Handbook

Essay revisions 1. number the circled mistakes in the paper (Number 1-? ON a separate sheet of paper) 2. determine why it is circled 3. using the Harbrace Handbook, look up the rule to help you make the correction. 4. on the separate sheet of paper, beside the corresponding number, write the Harbrace number and the COMPLETE RULE THAT CORRECTS THE MISTAKE Make the corrections ON THE FINAL COPY OF THE ESSAY IN HAPPY COLORED INK!!

Common Errors 17d-Lead-in punctuation 29e(2)-active voice 20d-personal pronouns 42e-literary present 40a(11)-in-text citations 40c(2)-MLA paper formatting 10a-punctuation title of a play 3c-run-on sentence 19c-contractions 3c-comma splice 40b-formatting works cited

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