tailieunhanh - Write better essays in just 20 minutes a day part 15

Freewriting is probably the best-known prewriting technique. It works well when you have some thoughts on a topic, but can't envision them as an essay. Freewriting also functions as a developmental tool, nurturing isolated ideas into an essay-worthy one. | ------------------------------------ PROOFREADING ------------------------------------------ Practice 1 Proofread the following paragraph for grammatical mistakes. Make changes to improve the clarity and structure of the sentences as well. Comic relief is important in tragedies readers need a little relief from all of the sadness in the story. For example Hamlet. Ophelia had just died. The next seen is with the gravedigger. Who is a very funny character. They dug up a skull and makes along speech about who the skull might have belonged to. Even though its about death. The scene is funny it lets readers forget about the tragedy for a moment and laugh. Proofreading for Mechanics Mechanics refers to the standard practices for the presentation of words and sentences including capitalization punctuation and spelling. As with grammar there are many rules for mechanics but here we will cover the ones that cause essay writers the most problems. See the Appendix for more thorough grammar and mechanics resources. Capitalization Capitalization is necessary both for specific words and to start sentences and quotes. However many writers overuse it. Only six occasions require capitalization 1. the first word of a sentence 2. proper nouns names of people places and things 3. the first word of a complete quotation but not a partial quotation 4. the first last and any other important words of a title 5. languages 6. the pronoun I and any contractions made with it Punctuation There are dozens of punctuation marks in the English language. They re used to separate ideas form words and make the meanings of sentence clear. Poor punctuation can confuse your readers and change your intended meaning. For example one comma completely changes the meaning of this short sentence Don t call me stupid Don t call me stupid 137 PROOFREADING Here s a quick punctuation review IF YOUR PURPOSE IS TO USE THIS PUNCTUATION EXAMPLE end a sentence period . Use a period to end a sentence. connect complete .