EDITING QUIZ Take notes! These are important issues found in your Rough Drafts.

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EDITING QUIZ Take notes! These are important issues found in your Rough Drafts

QUESTION 1  What are topic sentences supposed to do?  1) Explain an opinion  2) Persuade the reader  3) Express the main idea of the paragraph  4) Conclude the ideas in the paragraph

TOPIC SENTENCE EXAMPLE

QUESTION 2  What does an effective thesis do?  1) Gives examples of what your paper is about  2) Makes a compelling argument  3) Serves as a “road map” for your paper  4) All of the above

THESIS STATEMENT EXAMPLE

QUESTION 3  What is a comma splice?  1) When a comma is used to join two independent clauses  2) When a comma is used to join two dependent clauses  3) When a comma is used and isn’t needed  4) When a comma isn’t used and is needed

FIX THE COMMA SPLICE!

QUESTION 4  What is a run-on sentence?  1) When two or more independent clauses are joined without the correct punctuation or conjunction.  2) When two or more dependent clauses are joined without the correct punctuation or conjunction.  3) When a sentence is way too long.  4) When two or more independent clauses are joined with the correct punctuation or conjunction.

FIX THE RUN-ON!

QUESTION 5  What should a concluding paragraph do?  1) Introduce new ideas for the reader to think about  2) Make extreme claims not featured within the rest of the paper  3) Restate your thesis and wrap up main ideas used within your paper.  4) Where you put everything that didn’t fit into the rest of your paper.

READ YOUR CONCLUSION!

QUESTION 6  Which example correctly embeds a quotation in MLA format?  1) Ben exclaimed, I love superheroes! (pg.21).  2) Ben exclaimed, “I love superheroes! (pg.21).  3) Ben exclaimed, “I love superheroes! Pg.21.  4) Ben exclaimed, I love superheroes! Pg.21.

IMBED THAT QUOTE!

QUESTION 7  Which of the following sentences if a fragment?  1) I love my six cats equally.  2) My cats meow.  3) I offer my cats different treats.  4) Because my cats love them.

FIX THAT FRAGMENT!

QUESTION 10  Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon?  1) I had a great weekend; visiting with friends.  2) I like to spend time outdoors; and I can’t stand to stay inside.  3) It is cold this weekend; so I might have to stay inside.  4) This book is long; it is also old.

FIX THE SEMICOLON!