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Day 1. In his short story The Devil and Tom Walker, Washington Irving reworks a german folk tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil. Tom makes a deal with the devil so he can become rich. Capitalization of proper adjective. Use of quotation marks with title of a short story.

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Day 1

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  1. Day 1 In his short story The Devil and Tom Walker, Washington Irving reworks a german folk tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil. Tom makes a deal with the devil so he can become rich. Capitalization of proper adjective Use of quotation marks with title of a short story Correct subordinating conjunction

  2. Day 1 In his short story "The Devil and Tom Walker," Washington Irving reworks a German folk tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil. Quotation marks around short story title Capitalization of proper adjective Tom makes a deal with the devil so that he can become rich. Correct subordinating conjunction

  3. Day 2 This is the most unique story about the devil because this one is funnier than any story like it. Tom's wife tries to sell her soul to the devil for a few dollars worth of teapots and spoons. Use of apostrophe with amount of money that modifies a noun Revision of an illogical comparison Elimination of superlative form of absolute adjective

  4. Day 2 _________ the most This is a unique story about the devil because this story is funnier than any other one like it. Elimination of superlative form of absolute adjective Revision of an illogical comparison Tom's wife tries to sell her soul to the devil for a few dollars' worth of teapots and spoons. Use of apostrophe with amount of money that modifies a noun

  5. Day 3 The devil fought with Mrs Walker, and took all the goods she had brought to trade. It was a really awful fight, which ended with handsful of the devil's hair scattered all around. Correct plural of compound word Use of period after abbreviation of title Elimination of comma in compound predicate

  6. Day 3 The devil fought with Mrs.Walker and took all the goods she had brought to trade. Use of period after abbreviation of title Elimination of comma in compound predicate It was a really awful fight, which ended with handfuls of the devil's hair scattered all around. Correct plural of compound word

  7. Day 4 Tom agreed to turn usurer based on the conditions set forth by the devil.  Soon, many people losing money to Tom. In fact, without any urging from the devil, Tom hisself stoled money from many of his neighbors. Correct form of intensive pronoun Correction of sentence fragment Formation of irregular verb tense

  8. Day 4 Tom agreed to turn usurer based on the conditions set forth by the devil.  Soon, many people were losing money to Tom. Correction of a sentence fragment In fact, without any urging from the devil, Tom himself stole money from many of his neighbors. Correct form of intensive pronoun Formation of irregular verb tense

  9. Day 5 Tom Walker he caused his own downfall in the end. "The Devil take me, Tom said, If I have made a farthing!" Elimination of double subject Use of quotation marks in a split quotation Correct capitalization in a split quotation

  10. Day 5 ___ he Tom Walker caused his own downfall in the end. Elimination of double subject "The Devil take me," Tom said, "if I have made a farthing!" Correct capitalization in a split quotation Use of quotation marks in a split quotation

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