EDITING AND STYLE

The table below presents the topics we will cover this semester and their corresponding explanations and exercises. Please go to the individual writing project syllawebs for the exact dates you are responsible for this work.

Topic Prentice Hall Reference Guide On-line Exercises
Writing and Punctuating Complete Sentence

Sentence Fragments 117-121

Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences 107-110

Sentence Fragements

Comma Splices

 

Using Quotations  

Using Sources and Avoiding Pragiarism 378-401

Quotation Marks 261-266

  
Citation formats MLA Documentation Style 411-463  
Commas

Commas 233-249

Essenstial and Nonessential Clauses and Phrases 239-241

 Essential and Nonessential Elements
Colons and Semicolons

Semicolons 254-258

Colons 258-261

 Semicolons
Passive and Active Voice Active and Passive Voice 162-164, 218 Active and Passive Voice
Pronouns and Agreement

Pronoun Reference 177-181, 314

Sexist Language 228-231

Subject-Verb Agreement 110-117

Subject Verb Agreement
Transition Transitions 142-148  
Concision Unnecessary Words 211-220 Concise Writing

 

On-line Grammar and Style Resources

The Skidmore Guide To Writing
Guide to Grammar and Usage from Capital Community College
Punctuation Made Simple
Paradigm: On-line Writing Assistant from Boise State University.
Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab.
The Writer's Web, the University of Richmond's on-line reference center about grammar, style, and rhetoric.