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Revising and Editing A College English Essay

Revising and Editing A College English Essay. English 102 Introduction to Literature. Read your paper aloud as you revise it. Use quotations correctly. Introduce your quotations Complete information Name Claim to authority Comma (,) or colon (:).

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Revising and Editing A College English Essay

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  1. Revising and EditingA College English Essay English 102 Introduction to Literature

  2. Read your paper aloud as you revise it

  3. Use quotations correctly • Introduce your quotations • Complete information • Name • Claim to authority • Comma (,) or colon (:)

  4. Integrate quotations into your own sentences • Make tenses consistent • Be sure sentences are complete • Clarify pronouns and antecedents • Be sure subject and verb agree

  5. Quote accurately

  6. Make editorial changes in quotations correctly • Use ellipses • Use brackets

  7. Indent long quotations

  8. Punctuate quotations correctly • Double quote marks • Periods and commas inside quote marks • Colons and semicolons outside quote marks • Other punctuation inside quote marks • When quoting a line or part of a line of poetry, make the quote part of your sentence

  9. Other rules of usage • Describe fictional events in present tense • Refer to authors by last name • Underline or italicize words as words

  10. Follow title conventions • Titles shouldn’t be sentences or headlines • “Jackson Has Irony in ‘The Lottery’” • “The Four Stages of Knowledge in Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” • Topic • Author • Title of work

  11. Only capitalize proper nouns • Avoid the vague use of ‘this’ • Beware of confusing duos

  12. Confusing Duos

  13. Physical format • No cover sheet necessary • Title and name at top • Type paper in double space • Submit paper as a single spaced file • Microsoft Word • Yourlastname1.doc • Keep backups

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